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The word "trait" in literature has been employed in an impressively multifaceted way. In some contexts it highlights distinctive qualities or characteristics inherent in individuals—whether referring to a peculiar habit in a character as noted in Verne’s work [1] or the gentle humor of Miss Keller in Helen Keller’s writings [2]—while in others it serves as an analytical term used in sociological inquiry to denote measurable differences between individuals or groups [3], [4], [5], [6]. Moreover, "trait" is sometimes encountered in its French form as "traité," indicating a formal treatise or systematic work, as seen in early discussions of coffee culture [7], [8], and in historical documents [9], [10]. In this way, the term bridges the domain of personal character with that of academic and practical treatises, illustrating its rich semantic range across genres and epochs [11], [12].
  1. I think that we began to be influenced by this peculiar trait in his character.
    — from A Journey to the Centre of the Earth by Jules Verne
  2. The trait most characteristic, perhaps, of Miss Keller (and also of Miss Sullivan) is humour.
    — from The Story of My Life by Helen Keller
  3. No such list has been made for any man, much less have the exact amounts of each trait possessed by him been measured.
    — from Introduction to the Science of Sociology by E. W. Burgess and Robert Ezra Park
  4. A quantitative difference exists when the individuals have different amounts of the same trait.
    — from Introduction to the Science of Sociology by E. W. Burgess and Robert Ezra Park
  5. If a trait occurs everywhere, it might veritably be the product of some universally operative social law.
    — from Introduction to the Science of Sociology by E. W. Burgess and Robert Ezra Park
  6. A qualitative difference exists when some quality or trait possessed by one individual is lacking in the other.
    — from Introduction to the Science of Sociology by E. W. Burgess and Robert Ezra Park
  7. Hernie traité par l'infusion de café.
    — from All About Coffee by William H. Ukers
  8. Traité sur le café.
    — from All About Coffee by William H. Ukers
  9. Quand on dut enfin se rendre, Marceau reçut la pénible mission de porter au camp ennemi la ratification du traité.
    — from French Conversation and Composition by Harry Vincent Wann
  10. He soon after published his famous work on dynamics, Traité de Dynamique (1743) and another work dealing with fluids, Traité des Fluides .
    — from The New Gresham Encyclopedia. A to Amide by Various
  11. (Title page has Traitez ; elsewhere, Traités .)
    — from All About Coffee by William H. Ukers
  12. He soon after published his famous work on dynamics, Traité de Dynamique (1743) and another work dealing with fluids, Traité des Fluides .
    — from The New Gresham Encyclopedia. A to Amide by Various

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