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The word "nominate" in literature is often imbued with a sense of formal delegation and political responsibility, serving as a marker of authority and procedure. For instance, Rousseau criticizes the Romans for their failure to nominate a dictator during a time of crisis, highlighting how an official proposal could alter the course of events [1]. In other contexts, nomination emerges as an essential element of civic and governmental processes, as demonstrated by the detailed accounts of ward meetings electing delegates to nominate candidates for public office [2] and the structured American political system where governors nominate and councils confirm appointments in a rigorous process [3, 4]. Literary narratives also harness the term to weave themes of succession and leadership—whether it's the British Government nominating heirs to the throne [5] or characters in novels being formally put forward for positions of authority [6, 7]—illustrating its broad applicability in depicting the mechanisms of power and societal order.
  1. This misconception led the Romans to make great mistakes; such, for example, as the failure to nominate a dictator in the Catilinarian conspiracy.
    — from The Social Contract & Discourses by Jean-Jacques Rousseau
  2. In our cities, the ward meetings elect delegates to the nominating conventions and instruct them whom to nominate.
    — from The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today by Mark Twain and Charles Dudley Warner
  3. Jay intended that the governor should nominate and the Council confirm, and in the event of a tie the governor should have the casting vote.
    — from The Declaration of Independence of the United States of America by Thomas Jefferson
  4. Clinton, as governor and a member of the Council, refused to nominate Benson, insisting that the exclusive right of nomination was vested in him.
    — from The Declaration of Independence of the United States of America by Thomas Jefferson
  5. The British Government will change the succession in Hilas and Bunar, and nominate new heirs to the throne.
    — from Kim by Rudyard Kipling
  6. We will nominate Adrian, and do our best to bestow on him the power to which he is entitled by his birth, and which he merits through his virtues.
    — from The Last Man by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
  7. If I should nominate 'ee to succeed him, and there should be no particular opposition, will 'ee accept the chair?”
    — from The Mayor of Casterbridge by Thomas Hardy

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