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The term "reorganize" has been used in literature to convey both literal and metaphorical shifts, reflecting changes in strategy, order, or personal disposition. In some works it denotes a physical or tactical reordering—illustrated by the reallocation of guard duties at the beach and posts ([1], [2]) or even the restructuring of a household staff ([3])—while in others it implies an internal reformation, as when Dewey suggests recalibrating one's attitude before committing to a resolute course of action ([4]). Moreover, the word extends to broader social or political changes, such as the effort to assemble a new framework for popular education ([5]) or reorganize historical figures like the Templars ([6]). Even critiques of reorganization appear, where Twain dismisses the idea of modifying an established editor-critic ([7]), and a character’s admission of minor adjustments indicates unfamiliarity with new circumstances ([8]).
  1. All I could do was to reorganize the guard at the beach, take the two desolate females up to the fort, and give them the use of my own quarters.
    — from Memoirs of General William T. Sherman — Complete by William T. Sherman
  2. Will also reorganize the guards for posts and block-houses ....
    — from Memoirs of General William T. Sherman — Complete by William T. Sherman
  3. Just when did you gain the right to reorganize the household staff?
    — from The Lani People by Jesse F. Bone
  4. Then we are thrown back upon ourselves to reorganize our own attitude before proceeding to a definite and irretrievable course of action.
    — from Democracy and Education: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Education by John Dewey
  5. Their idea here is to reorganize them for popular propaganda for education, more schools, teaching adults, social service, etc.
    — from Letters from China and Japan by Harriet Alice Chipman Dewey and John Dewey
  6. Further we find von Marschall arriving in the following year in France to reorganize the Templars, and
    — from Secret societies and subversive movements by Nesta Helen Webster
  7. It is too late to reorganize this editor-critic now; we will leave him as he is.
    — from What Is Man? and Other Essays by Mark Twain
  8. “I had to reorganize a little,” Kennon apologized, “some things were unfamiliar.”
    — from The Lani People by Jesse F. Bone

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