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Literature

noun

Creative writing of recognized artistic value.

The humanistic study of a body of literature. Synonym: lit.

Published writings in a particular style on a particular subject. "One aspect of Waterloo has not yet been treated in the literature"

The profession or art of a writer.

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... Of what use are Eskimos to the world? They are too far removed to be of value for commercial enterprises and, furthermore, they lack ambition. They have no literature nor, properly speaking, any art. They value life only as does a fox, or a bear, purely by instinct. But let us not forget that these people, trustworthy and hardy, will yet prove their value to mankind. With their help, the world shall discover ...

— The North Pole - Its Discovery in 1909 under the auspices of the Peary Arctic Club • Robert E. Peary

... what reason teaches concerning our status in this world; and this teaching of reason is confirmed by the convictions of all nations and all ages of mankind. The oldest page of literature that has come down to us, namely, the first chapter of the first book of Holy Writ, lays down this same law, and no improvement has been made in it during all subsequent ages. Whether we regard this writing as inspired, as Christians ...

— Moral Principles and Medical Practice - The Basis of Medical Jurisprudence • Charles Coppens

... me for differing from him on these points. I cannot close this Preface without expressing my deep respect for his noble and gentle character, and the great services which he has rendered to Greek Literature. ...

— Charmides • Plato

... no sure sign that just because a student has took a course in literature, that he ...

— The Century Handbook of Writing • Garland Greever

... beautiful in music had been sufficiently exploited by Mozart and Haydn. Beethoven demonstrated that music has a higher function than that of mere beauty, or the simple act of giving pleasure. The beautiful in literature is not its best part. To the earnest thinker, the seeker after truth, the student who looks for illumination on life's problem, beauty in itself is insufficient. It is the best office of art, of Beethoven's ...

— Beethoven • George Alexander Fischer

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