Literary notes about Conciliation (AI summary)
Conciliation serves as a versatile term in literature, functioning both as a formal mechanism for resolving disputes and as a personal gesture of goodwill. In some works, it frames diplomatic negotiations and political maneuvers—ranging from international treaties and labor policies ([1], [2], [3]) to the crafting of governmental bills ([4])—while in others it takes on a subtler, interpersonal tone, as when characters employ kind, conciliatory language to ease tensions or express compromise ([5], [6], [7]). The term is equally at home in depictions of ancient narratives and religious texts, where it underlines the strategic and sometimes sacred aspect of reconciling differences ([8], [9], [10]), as well as in modern writings that juxtapose it with themes of force and coercion ([11]). Thus, the word "conciliation" encapsulates an expansive range of ideas from measured diplomacy to gentle persuasion.
- In 1906 the charter of trade unions; in 1907, the conciliation and settlement of South Africa; in 1908, the [191] establishment of old-age pensions.
— from Liberalism and the Social Problem by Winston Churchill - (GB 18) VIII 359 *TC-20 Treaty of Arbitration and Conciliation between Germany and Luxembourg, signed at Geneva, 11 September 1929.
— from Nazi Conspiracy and Aggression (Vol. I) by United States. Office of Chief of Counsel for the Prosecution of Axis Criminality - This is the first movement of a national character in America, taken with the intention of the establishment of labor conciliation….”
— from The Coming of Coal by Robert W. (Robert Walter) Bruère - His Conciliation Bill, now in the hands of the ministry, was carried without difficulty, and all Lord North's Conciliation Bill.
— from A History of England, Period III. Constitutional Monarchy by J. Franck (James Franck) Bright - "Really," she said in a tone of conciliation, "I like you too well to wish to quarrel with you.
— from Ilka on the Hill-Top and Other Stories by Hjalmar Hjorth Boyesen - “I really don't know what to think about you,” she began, in a feeble, perverse attempt at conciliation.
— from This Side of Paradise by F. Scott Fitzgerald - "I didn't mean that," he said, with an awkward effort at conciliation; "but you were wrong to provoke me."
— from Joshua Marvel by B. L. (Benjamin Leopold) Farjeon - If desirous of prosperity, thou shouldst adopt all arts—humility, oath, conciliation.
— from The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 1 - Strive thou by all means, O Bharata, to liberate Duryodhana by the arts of conciliation.
— from The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 1 - O king, who, unless cursed by the gods, would seek, to effect that by means of war which can be effected by conciliation?
— from The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 1 - His aim is to win followers, by clemency and conciliation, instead of compelling them by intimidation and cruelty.
— from Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Vol. 65, No. 400, February, 1849 by Various