Literary notes about verify (AI summary)
In literary works, "verify" functions as a versatile term that extends beyond mere confirmation, embodying both empirical rigor and metaphorical inquiry. In certain writings, it serves to underline the necessity of confirming moral or scientific assertions—for instance, affirming the laws of morality or corroborating a scientific hypothesis through predicted consequences [1][2]. In narrative contexts, characters are often depicted verifying claims or personal observations, whether to authenticate a mysterious account or to personally corroborate an inexplicable occurrence [3][4][5]. At times the term even becomes a symbol for the broader human quest for truth, as authors use it to bridge experiential perception with intellectual deduction [6][7].
- Let us lay a stress upon this, for we must verify the laws of morality.
— from The History of a Crime by Victor Hugo - We verify a scientific hypothesis indirectly, by deducing consequences as to the future, which subsequent experience confirms.
— from The Analysis of Mind by Bertrand Russell - So far, at least, Mr. Wace was able to verify the remarkable story of Mr. Cave.
— from The Country of the Blind, and Other Stories by H. G. Wells - She came up to me to verify the fact, and finding I had deceived her, she said half crossly, “You are a bad fellow.”
— from The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Complete by Giacomo Casanova - I wanted to verify the Nautilus's heading.
— from Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas: An Underwater Tour of the World by Jules Verne - Fine senses vibrate at once to harmonies which it may take long to verify; so sight is finer than touch, and thought than sensation.
— from The Life of Reason: The Phases of Human Progress by George Santayana - Besides, I have a theory about him which I must work out and verify.”
— from The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
