Literary notes about Professor (AI summary)
Across the cited texts, “professor” often suggests both intellectual stature and a range of personas. In some instances, the professor exclaims with jovial emphasis ([1]) or engages in lively debate over logic and luck ([2]). Elsewhere, the title connotes a more somber or reflective authority—for example, a “pessimistic” view on public speaking ([3]) or a grim resilience in perilous circumstances ([4]). Even a cantankerous or cranky edge emerges, as when the professor rebuffs an eager reporter ([5]) or rails against the world’s injustices ([6]). Yet throughout these examples, from comical outbursts to earnest advisements, the term “professor” underscores a respected, if sometimes eccentric, figure who shapes or interprets events around them.
- " "Aha!" cried the professor, with a laugh.
— from Mosses from an old manse by Nathaniel Hawthorne - "Luck plus logic, professor, and logic even more than luck."
— from Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas: An Underwater Tour of the World by Jules Verne - Professor Jenks is more pessimistic.
— from The Art of Public Speaking by Dale Carnegie and J. Berg Esenwein - When I had read it, I stood looking at the Professor, and after a pause asked him: “In God’s name, what does it all mean?
— from Dracula by Bram Stoker - As a Pressman, I felt sure from what I had been told that I could never hope to get into touch with this cantankerous Professor.
— from The Lost World by Arthur Conan Doyle - The hint of an invincible multitude behind that man’s back roused a sombre indignation in the breast of the Professor.
— from The Secret Agent: A Simple Tale by Joseph Conrad
