Literary notes about Concentration (AI summary)
In literature, “concentration” emerges as a versatile term that captures both physical and metaphysical intensities. In military contexts, for example, it is used to describe the tactical gathering of forces or artillery fire to secure a decisive advantage, as seen in Jomini’s discussions on battle strategy [1],[2],[3],[4]. In the realm of public speaking and intellectual pursuits, concentration refers to a focused mental effort—whether it is the speaker’s control over pitch and emphasis [5],[6],[7] or the deep inward focus required for artistic expression and personal reflection [8],[9]. Moreover, sociopolitical writings extend the concept to denote the centralized accumulation of power or resources [10],[11],[12], highlighting its multifaceted role in denoting unity or magnitude in diverse situations.
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— from The Art of War by baron de Antoine Henri Jomini - Artillery, concentration of fire of, in offensive line of battle, 290 .
— from The Art of War by baron de Antoine Henri Jomini - Four months intervened between the declaration of war and the concentration of the allied troops.
— from The Art of War by baron de Antoine Henri Jomini - However, it is necessary in this case to have previously arranged the means of concentration of the columns in order to inflict a decisive blow.
— from The Art of War by baron de Antoine Henri Jomini - 6. Tell why concentration naturally helps a speaker to change pitch, tempo, and emphasis.
— from The Art of Public Speaking by Dale Carnegie and J. Berg Esenwein - Concentration is the keynote of conversational charm and efficiency.
— from The Art of Public Speaking by Dale Carnegie and J. Berg Esenwein - Your thoughts will not set fire to the minds of your hearers unless you pause to gather the force that comes by a second or two of concentration.
— from The Art of Public Speaking by Dale Carnegie and J. Berg Esenwein - "We all find we cannot do any work that requires concentration of thought.
— from Rilla of Ingleside by L. M. Montgomery - But he read it with such concentration, with such passion, I may say, that he did not even raise his eyes towards me.
— from Complete Original Short Stories of Guy De Maupassant by Guy de Maupassant - Concentration is the keynote of the century.
— from Pushing to the Front by Orison Swett Marden - Nowadays all these pursuits have greatly slackened, because of the lack of concentration of wealth and power in the chief’s hands.
— from Argonauts of the Western Pacific by Bronislaw Malinowski - It was a fuller and speedier dominion over the earth which was to result from the concentration of human energy now termed centralization.
— from Introduction to the Science of Sociology by E. W. Burgess and Robert Ezra Park
