Literary notes about Protection (AI summary)
In literature, the term "protection" assumes a multifaceted role that spans the tangible and the abstract. At times it denotes physical safeguards—a shield, a fortification, or even a humble veil intended to cover and defend ([1], [2], [3])—while in other contexts it symbolizes emotional, legal, or societal shelter. Authors deploy the word to evoke the security provided by trusted relationships or institutions, as seen when characters seek refuge in the goodwill or companionship of others ([4], [5], [6]). Protection also appears as a divine or civic mandate, representing a broader commitment to preserving freedom, safety, and order ([7], [8], [9]). This versatility reflects the enduring literary fascination with how safety—both real and perceived—shapes individual destiny and collective experience.
- A "long veil" is a shade pulled down—a protection—it should never be a flaunting arrangement to arrest the amazed attention of the passerby.
— from Etiquette by Emily Post - Competition is not only the basis of protection to the consumer but is the incentive to progress.
— from State of the Union Addresses (1790-2006) by United States. Presidents - For protection against foes or inundations, fortified enclosures (called pur ) were made on eminences.
— from A History of Sanskrit Literature by Arthur Anthony Macdonell - I thank him for his goodwill and his protection, and he goes his road, and I go mine.
— from Bleak House by Charles Dickens - Her illness becomes a weapon in her struggle with him, one that she can use for self-protection and misuse for purposes of vengeance.
— from A General Introduction to Psychoanalysis by Sigmund Freud - If there be any difference, women require it more than men, since, being physically weaker, they are more dependent on law and society for protection.
— from Considerations on Representative Government by John Stuart Mill - Protection is the price of obedience everywhere, in all countries.
— from The Art of Public Speaking by Dale Carnegie and J. Berg Esenwein - The church in persecution trusteth in the protection of God.
— from The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Complete - Hence woman's need of the ballot, that she may hold in her own right hand the weapon of self-protection and self-defense.
— from History of Woman Suffrage, Volume I
