Lincoln never joined a church, but he believed in a supreme being who created every person with a purpose in life.

VOA: special.2009.02.09

" I have no purpose," he said, "either directly or indirectly, to interfere with slavery where it exists.

VOA: special.2009.06.11

Anti-slavery activist William Lloyd Garrison started a paper in eighteen thirty-one with the purpose of ending slavery.

VOA: special.2009.04.20

The legal difference is that counterfeit drugs are made with the purpose of misleading people.

VOA: special.2010.02.22

"In one of those speeches, I declared that I had no purpose directly or indirectly to interfere with the institution of slavery in the states where it exists.

VOA: special.2009.07.30

They sometimes shout and move with no purpose or goal.

VOA: special.2009.09.15

Major League Soccer came with a different purpose.

VOA: special.2010.06.02

is the concept of man as a heroic being, with his own happiness as the moral purpose of his life, with productive achievement as his noblest activity, and reason as his only absolute."

VOA: special.2010.06.06

Some divers interfere with sharks on purpose.

VOA: special.2009.06.16

It is testimony to what can be achieved by a transatlantic community that acts with a clear sense of common purpose,".

VOA: standard.2009.04.04

With so much concern over the swine flu, it is hard to believe anyone would want to get it on purpose.

VOA: standard.2009.12.18

Interest rate strategist Christian Carrillo with Societe Generale Securities calls the BOJ's decision weak and without purpose.

VOA: standard.2009.12.03

The Russian leader said the purpose of the negotiating process with Iran is to obtain clear guarantees about the transparency of its nuclear program.

VOA: standard.2009.11.16

Dancing in the streets of London. This is a two-step with a purpose.

VOA: standard.2010.03.10

With a solar powered sail and using the sun and wind to power the batteries, the purpose of the mission is to show that renewable energy works.

VOA: standard.2009.12.10