Literary notes about security (AI summary)
Literary authors employ the term "security" in a variety of contexts, ranging from tangible financial guarantees to abstract feelings of safety and assurance. In some works, security signifies collateral or a pledge to safeguard investments and loans, as when money is lent without any form of security [1] or when a monetary bond secures repayment [2]. Other texts invoke security in the realm of statecraft and military defense, emphasizing the necessity of organized forces to protect a nation’s freedoms [3, 4]. Meanwhile, personal and emotional dimensions emerge when characters seek comfort or protection—whether in the shelter of a home [5] or in the trust placed in relationships and beliefs [6, 7]. This multifaceted use of "security" demonstrates its power to ground themes of trust, protection, and stability across literary genres.
- Did you ever hear that I lent money to strangers without security?”
— from The Adventures of Ferdinand Count Fathom — Complete by T. Smollett - The balance against him, however, was a small one, about 26l., and on giving security for it he was released at the end of the year.
— from Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra - A well regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.
— from The Legislative Manual, of the State of Colorado Comprising the History of Colorado, Annals of the Legislature, Manual of Customs, Precedents and Forms, Rules of Parliamentary Parliamentary Practice, and the Constitutions of the United States and the History of Colorado, Annals of the Legislature, Manual of Customs, Precedents and Forms, Rules of Parliamentary Practice, and the Constitutions of the United States and the State of Colorado. Also, Chronological Table of American History, Lists and Tables for Reference, Biographies, Etc. by Thomas B. Corbett - This is not less essential to the preservation of the public faith, than to the security of the public tranquillity.
— from The Federalist Papers by Alexander Hamilton and John Jay and James Madison - Of her pleasant embowered chamber she now became fond, and began to experience in it those feelings of security, which we naturally attach to home.
— from The Mysteries of Udolpho by Ann Ward Radcliffe - It is inconceivable how rich a sentiment of satisfaction arose in my bosom as I reflected upon my absolute security.
— from The Works of Edgar Allan Poe, The Raven Edition by Edgar Allan Poe - Ecclesiasticus Chapter 33 The fear of God is the best security.
— from The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Complete
