Literary notes about GERMINAL (AI summary)
The term "germinal" carries diverse connotations in literature, spanning from precise scientific descriptions to expansive metaphors of birth and renewal. In scientific and anatomical contexts it designates the initial stages of development, referring to elements like the germinal vesicle or germinal layers that are crucial for embryonic formation [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]. In other discourses, "germinal" is imbued with metaphorical significance, evoking the notion of a seed or nascent potential, as seen in discussions of emerging ideas and revolutionary change [6, 7, 8]. Moreover, its use in political and historical texts, such as the naming of time periods or revolts, reinforces a cyclical understanding of beginnings and growth [9, 10, 11, 12]. This polysemous character allows "germinal" to serve as both a technical term and a rich symbol across literary realms.
- As is seen in transverse sections, it is formed only of the outer germinal layer (Figs. 95 and 136).
— from The Hunting of the Snark: An Agony in Eight Fits by Lewis Carroll - The first furrow appears at the formative pole, at which the germinal vesicle was situated.
— from The Works of Francis Maitland Balfour, Volume 3 (of 4) A Treatise on Comparative Embryology: Vertebrata by Francis M. (Francis Maitland) Balfour - As the ovum attains maturity, important changes take place in the constitution of the germinal vesicle, which are described in the next chapter.
— from The Works of Francis Maitland Balfour, Volume 2 (of 4) A Treatise on Comparative Embryology: Invertebrata by Francis M. (Francis Maitland) Balfour - They have the same spherical form; always the same characteristic covering; always the same clear, round germinal vesicle with its dark germinal spot.
— from Homo-Culture; Or, The Improvement of Offspring Through Wiser Generation by M. L. (Martin Luther) Holbrook - With all, as far as is at present known, the germinal vesicle is the same; so that all organisms start from a common origin.
— from The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection by Charles Darwin - Our history is so full of spinal, modern, germinal subjects—one above all.
— from Complete Prose Works by Walt Whitman - Many ideas, moreover, destined to play an important part in the coming age, received from him their germinal expression.
— from Renaissance in Italy, Volume 2 (of 7)The Revival of Learning by John Addington Symonds - We want the germinal idea that America, inheritor of the past, is the custodian of the future of humanity.
— from Complete Prose Works by Walt Whitman - (31 March 1801).—B. [385] The volume is announced as "just out" in the Journal des Débats of 27 Germinal (17 April).
— from The Memoirs of François René Vicomte de Chateaubriand sometime Ambassador to England, Volume 2 (of 6) Mémoires d'outre-tombe, volume 2 by Chateaubriand, François-René, vicomte de - On April 25 the First Consul sent a message to the Senate: "Your address of the 6th Germinal has not ceased to be present to my thoughts," said he.
— from World's Best Histories — Volume 7: France by François Guizot - GERLE, Dom, at Theot's. GERMINAL Twelfth, First of April 1795.
— from The French Revolution: A History by Thomas Carlyle - This Revolt of Germinal, therefore, has passed, like a vain cry.
— from The French Revolution: A History by Thomas Carlyle
