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Literary notes about final (AI summary)

In literature, "final" often functions as a potent marker of culmination or conclusion, imbuing a narrative with a sense of irrevocable transition or ultimate judgment. For instance, authors use it to denote a conclusive event or decision, as seen when a narrative reaches its ultimate judgment or farewell ([1], [2]), or when it signals the conclusive moment of an argument, process, or destiny ([3], [4]). The term can also appear in technical contexts—such as in grammatical analyses referring to the terminal part of a word ([5], [6])—or in philosophical and religious discourse to emphasize an unalterable truth or the ultimate purpose of creation ([7], [8]). In each case, "final" underscores the idea that nothing follows, inviting readers to acknowledge a definitive end and appreciate the weight of finality within the broader literary landscape ([9], [10]).
  1. This may refer either to the present and continuous dispensation, or to the future and final judgment.
    — from St. Paul's Epistles to the Colossians and Philemon by J. B. Lightfoot
  2. We got back to the schooner in good time, and then sailed down to Kau, where we disembarked and took final leave of the vessel.
    — from Roughing It by Mark Twain
  3. I began, with the commencement of the year, to prepare myself for a final struggle, which should decide my fate one way or the other.
    — from Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave by Frederick Douglass
  4. He closed his eyes and waited for the final moment.
    — from The Adventures of Pinocchio by Carlo Collodi
  5. Final i is short in nisi , quasi , and sīcuti text unchanged, but form “sīcutī” with long ī occurs at least twice in this book 2496 ...
    — from A Latin Grammar for Schools and Colleges by George Martin Lane
  6. Final Disappearance.
    — from A Latin Grammar for Schools and Colleges by George Martin Lane
  7. “But this we call ‘revealed religion,’ and think it is final.
    — from Herland by Charlotte Perkins Gilman
  8. Hence we have a moral ground for thinking in a world also a final purpose of creation.
    — from Kant's Critique of Judgement by Immanuel Kant
  9. It was her final appeal to that unity which had been their strength—it was her final triumph that she had died while the tree was yet whole.
    — from The Forsyte Saga, Volume I. by John Galsworthy
  10. " It was all so complete and so final.
    — from The Rainbow by D. H. Lawrence

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