Literary notes about Expansion (AI summary)
The term “expansion” is deployed in literature with great versatility, capturing both concrete increases and abstract growth. In some works, it refers to physical enlargement or extension, as when settlements grow into new territories [1] or when scientific texts describe the expansion of gases, metals, or body parts [2, 3, 4]. In other contexts, the word signifies the broadening of thought, emotion, or social influence—illustrated by references to intellectual and cultural expansion [5, 6], the unfolding of ideas [7, 8], and even the stretching of personal identity [9, 10]. This multifaceted usage highlights an underlying theme of continual progress and proliferation in both material and metaphysical domains [11, 12].
- CHAPTER XXX The Expansion of the Koshkonong Settlement into Sumner and Oakland Townships in Jefferson County.
— from A History of Norwegian Immigration to the United States by George T. Flom - The contraction of the diaphragm and the expansion of the lungs, the shortening of certain muscles and the rotation of certain joints, are examples.
— from The Principles of Psychology, Volume 1 (of 2) by William James - From the top of A an expansion pipe is led up and turned over the cold-water tank to discharge any steam which may be generated in the boiler.
— from How it Works by Archibald Williams - The watchmaker has had to overcome the same difficulty as the clockmaker with regard to the expansion of the metal in the controlling agent.
— from How it Works by Archibald Williams - It is like a man selecting his tools for intellectual expansion and social service.
— from Pushing to the Front by Orison Swett Marden - But intellectual growth means constant expansion of horizons and consequent formation of new purposes and new responses.
— from Democracy and Education: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Education by John Dewey - Duration is as a Line, Expansion as a Solid.
— from An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding, Volume 1 by John Locke - Time in general is to duration as place to expansion.
— from An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding, Volume 1 by John Locke - His natural local pride will know limitless expansion; he will be in touch with creative universal currents.
— from Autobiography of a Yogi by Paramahansa Yogananda - In spite of the maturity of his years and of the savage rigidity of the mould that had formed him, his nature was undergoing an expansion.
— from White Fang by Jack London - The symbol felt the need of expansion in the edifice.
— from Notre-Dame de Paris by Victor Hugo - The expansion of the Islamic Faith-and-Empire provides a great deal
— from Psychological Warfare by Paul Myron Anthony Linebarger
