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The word “distribution” carries a wide array of meanings in literature, being employed to describe both tangible and abstract allocations across diverse contexts. In historical and political texts, it often denotes the orderly dispensation of justice, power, or wealth—as seen in discussions of justice in California [1] or the equitable allocation of political influence [2]. In ceremonial or administrative narratives, “distribution” marks the ritual handing out of food and gifts [3][4] and even the organization of public resources [5]. Scientific works, such as those by Darwin, use the term to explain the geographical spread of species [6][7][8], while sociological texts extend its use to the allocation of social benefits and responsibilities [9][10]. Thus, across genres and eras, “distribution” is a versatile term that connects both the physical dispersion of objects or organisms and the broader concept of justice, order, or societal balance.
  1. These few instances will serve to give one a notion of the distribution of justice in California.
    — from Two Years Before the Mast by Richard Henry Dana
  2. The justest distribution of political power is that in which there is least waste of political ability.
    — from Politics: A Treatise on Government by Aristotle
  3. Ceremonial it is, in so far as it is connected with the special initial distribution of food, given by the master of the uvalaku .
    — from Argonauts of the Western Pacific by Bronislaw Malinowski
  4. And the king appointed Kripa to look after the diamonds and gold and the pearls and gems, as also after the distribution of gifts to Brahmanas.
    — from The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 1
  5. Adequate distribution of our foods and rational use thereof seem to be one of the greatest problems today.
    — from Cookery and Dining in Imperial Rome by Apicius
  6. on Alpine species suddenly becoming rare, 175. on distribution of plants with large seeds, 360.
    — from On the Origin of Species By Means of Natural Selection by Charles Darwin
  7. This brief abstract applies to plants alone: some strictly analogous facts could be given on the distribution of terrestrial animals.
    — from On the Origin of Species By Means of Natural Selection by Charles Darwin
  8. RANGE IN TIME expresses the distribution of a species or group through the fossiliferous beds of the earth's crust.
    — from The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection by Charles Darwin
  9. These ethnic facts correspond to physical ones; three areas of geographical isolation are distinct centers of distribution of the Alpine race.
    — from Introduction to the Science of Sociology by E. W. Burgess and Robert Ezra Park
  10. Competition determines the distribution of population territorially and vocationally.
    — from Introduction to the Science of Sociology by E. W. Burgess and Robert Ezra Park

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