While devoting himself to revolutionary activity, Stalin had been neglecting his wife and child. Atkinson briefly embarked in doctoral work before devoting his full attention to acting. Instead, he explained that martyrdom is devoting oneself to service to humanity. He felt his interest in poetry had stopped him devoting himself wholly to religion. Loren preferred devoting more time to raising her sons. He never obtained a license to practice medicine, devoting himself to his writing career instead. Fully devoting himself towards his passion of drama and singing he overlooks his family. I have, however, been devoting all my time to Mathematics and developing the subject. Dragon decided to retire, devoting himself to teaching others. In 1924 Sholokhov returned to Veshenskaya and began devoting himself entirely to writing. She trained as a librarian before devoting herself to writing. She never remarried, instead devoting her life to scholarship. I and later devoting himself to gardening. Meanwhile, Carter grew into the idea of fully devoting himself to research and microscopy. In 1854, he retired from Harvard, devoting himself entirely to writing.