Both Uses of
endeavor
in
Ligeia
- There is no point, among the many incomprehensible anomalies of the science of mind, more thrillingly exciting than the fact—never, I believe, noticed in the schools—that, in our endeavors to recall to memory something long forgotten, we often find ourselves upon the very verge of remembrance, without being able, in the end, to remember.†
*endeavors = attempts; or things attempted
- I therefore struggled alone in my endeavors to call back the spirit ill hovering.†
Definition:
to attempt; or a project or activity attempted