But yield who will to their separation,
My object in living is to unite
My avocation and my vocation
As my two eyes make one in sight.

Gardening is a wholesome avocation that encourages appreciation for nature and concern for the preservation and enhancement of our environment.

November 1, 1711, William King, Letter to Jonathan Swift
I have several things on the anvil, and near finished, that perhaps might be useful, if published: but the continual avocation by business, the impositions on me by impertinent visits, and the uneasiness of writing, which grows more intolerable to me every day, I doubt, will prevent my going any farther.

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