Literary notes about Inaugural (AI summary)
In literature the term "inaugural" is often employed to mark the beginning of momentous events or the initiation of new phases in various realms, from political power to academic inquiry. It appears in historical and political contexts to designate first or significant speeches that usher in governmental leadership, as with Lincoln’s Gettysburg and second inaugural addresses [1, 2] or when a leader carefully prepares his Inaugural Address before taking office [3, 4]. The word also connotes ceremonies and formal gatherings—a luncheon celebrating a school's opening [5], a ball that frames the mood of a new era [6, 7], or a public meeting that commemorates the start of an institution's life [8]. Moreover, its use extends to scholarly works, appearing in inaugural lectures and dissertations that introduce a new course of study or research [9, 10, 11, 12]. In each instance, "inaugural" signifies both a ceremonial commencement and the promise of renewal, imbuing the narrative with an air of historical gravitas and the anticipation of what is to come [13, 14, 15].
- Abraham Lincoln; Gettysburg and second inaugural addresses.
— from U.S. Copyright Renewals: Artwork 1960-1964 Catalog of Copyright Entries by Library of Congress. Copyright Office - The last inaugural reveals that Lincoln was closely pondering two incongruous themes: the bitter career of slavery; and the just rule of God.
— from Abraham Lincoln's Cardinal Traits;A Study in Ethics, with an Epilogue Addressed to Theologians by Clark S. (Clark Smith) Beardslee - Although his title had been in doubt until within forty-eight hours of his accession, he had carefully prepared his Inaugural address.
— from Twenty Years of Congress, Volume 2 From Lincoln to Garfield, with a Review of the Events Which Led to the Political Revolution of 1860 by James Gillespie Blaine - PRESIDENT McKINLEY'S SECOND INAUGURAL ADDRESS.
— from A Supplement to A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents by William McKinley - The school was opened on September 16th, 1874, when an inaugural luncheon was held, and an address delivered by the Right Hon. Earl Fortesque.
— from Norfolk Annals, Vol. 2 A Chronological Record of Remarkable Events in the Nineteeth Century by Charles Mackie - He saw Mr. Lincoln but once; at the melancholy function called an Inaugural Ball.
— from The Education of Henry Adams by Henry Adams - The inaugural ball at the Pension Building featured the new invention of electric lights.]
— from United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches: From Washington to George W. Bush by United States. Presidents - The inaugural public meeting was held in the Town Hall.
— from Scientific American Supplement, No. 358, November 11, 1882 by Various - I continue: “Such we have suitably had in the new University;—such were the Inaugural Lectures.
— from The Idea of a University Defined and Illustrated In Nine Discourses Delivered to the Catholics of Dublin by John Henry Newman - An inaugural dissertation for the doctorate.
— from Sappho: Memoir, text, selected renderings, and a literal translation by Henry Thornton Wharton - An Inaugural Lecture read in the Museum at Oxford, October 15, 1884.
— from Greater Greece and Greater Britain; and, George Washington, the Expander of England. Two Lectures with an Appendix by Edward A. (Edward Augustus) Freeman - inaugural lecture of a course on the history of mathematics in Harvard University, delivered February 4, 1936.
— from U.S. Copyright Renewals, 1963 July - December by Library of Congress. Copyright Office - "And when he wrote his last Inaugural Address, he gave to it the lofty tone of an old Hebrew psalm.
— from Abraham Lincoln: Was He a Christian? by John E. (John Eleazer) Remsburg - It is notable, for instance, that in his inaugural address, in setting forth the grounds on which secession was to be justified, he made no allusion
— from A History of the United States by Cecil Chesterton - In his inaugural address Mr. Lincoln outlined his policy by saying of the administration that it aimed only at the preservation of the Union.
— from The History of the Confederate War, Its Causes and Its Conduct, Volume 1 (of 2) A Narrative and Critical History by George Cary Eggleston
