Literary notes about Inaugurate (AI summary)
The term "inaugurate" has been employed by various authors to signal the ceremonial beginning or introduction of significant ventures. In some texts, it carries a weighty, almost revolutionary connotation—as seen in Du Bois’s call for a great crusade on the Dark Continent [1] or Herzl's assertion about the pioneers of a new movement [2]. In other works, the word is used more literally, marking the commencement of tangible innovations or events: Verne and Hardy use it to denote the start of novel locomotion and ambitious engineering projects, respectively [3, 4], while Joyce applies it both to beginning a course of vocal instruction [5] and to inaugurating a marketplace [6]. Even in contexts such as Whitman’s introduction of international poems [7] and Wagner’s festive entry into the musical world [8], the sense of initiation is central, highlighting the diverse and dynamic ways the term has enriched literary expression.
- We can, if we will, inaugurate on the Dark Continent a last great crusade for humanity.
— from Darkwater: Voices from Within the Veil by W. E. B. Du Bois - Those who are the first to inaugurate this movement will scarcely live to see its glorious close.
— from The Jewish State by Theodor Herzl - We now had to inaugurate a new kind of locomotion, which would have the advantage of being rapid and not fatiguing.
— from A Journey to the Centre of the Earth by Jules Verne - A Royal Personage was about to pass through the borough on his course further west, to inaugurate an immense engineering work out that way.
— from The Mayor of Casterbridge by Thomas Hardy - To inaugurate a course of vocal instruction, place the residence of the instructress.
— from Ulysses by James Joyce - The viceroy, on his way to inaugurate the Mirus bazaar in aid of funds for Mercer’s hospital, drove with his following towards Lower Mount street.
— from Ulysses by James Joyce - I would inaugurate from America, for this purpose, new formulas—international poems.
— from Complete Prose Works by Walt Whitman - I made use of this opportunity to inaugurate, as it were, my entree into the musical world in a festive manner.
— from My Life — Volume 1 by Richard Wagner