Literary notes about Demarcation (AI summary)
Writers deploy the term "demarcation" in versatile ways to articulate boundaries—whether sharp or diffuse—between ideas, groups, or physical entities. In some texts, it describes exact, visible separations, as seen in discussions of brickwork or territorial borders [1, 2, 3]. In others, it is employed more metaphorically to denote the subtle, often blurred differences between concepts such as industry versus trade [4], rational thought versus fancy [5], or even the onset of manhood [6]. At times, authors depict the difficulty of drawing a clear distinction, highlighting the inherent fluidity in classifications of culture, belief, or natural phenomena [7, 8]. This multifaceted use underscores the power of "demarcation" to evoke both concrete divisions and the more abstract, shifting lines that define our world.
- One, although similar, obviously was added, as the line of demarcation is plainly visible between the bricks.
— from Seaport in VirginiaGeorge Washington's Alexandria by Gay Montague Moore - Rivers may serve as political lines of demarcation and therefore fix political frontiers; but they can never take the place of natural boundaries.
— from Influences of Geographic EnvironmentOn the Basis of Ratzel's System of Anthropo-Geography by Ellen Churchill Semple - The line of demarcation is thirty degrees from the meridian, and the meridian is three degrees eastward from Capo Verde.
— from The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898, Volume 33, 1519-1522 by Antonio Pigafetta - There is the great difficulty of defining an industry, or drawing the lines of demarcation between one trade and another.
— from Essays in LiberalismBeing the Lectures and Papers Which Were Delivered at theLiberal Summer School at Oxford, 1922 by Various - There is to them no clear and permanent demarcation between rational thoughts and crazy fancies.
— from The Destiny of the Soul: A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life by William Rounseville Alger - This is a momentous event in a boy's life, as it is to him the line of demarcation between boyhood and manhood.
— from Witty Pieces by Witty People A collection of the funniest sayings, best jokes, laughable anecdotes, mirthful stories, etc., extant by Various - [419] and Buddhism are now so mixed up that it is impossible to draw any sharp line of demarcation between the two.
— from A History of Chinese Literature by Herbert Allen Giles - In fact there is no line of demarcation between the two, one simply merges into the other.
— from Response in the Living and Non-Living by Jagadis Chandra Bose
