Literary notes about pioneer (AI summary)
In literary usage, the term “pioneer” conveys a dual sense of innovation and first-mover spirit, whether referring to an individual who breaks new ground in scientific, cultural, or social fields ([1], [2], [3]), or to those who grapple with literal challenges in untamed landscapes ([4], [5], [6]). It serves as a badge of honor for trailblazers—from the educators whose work lays the foundation for later achievements to the adventurers and even institutions that mark the beginning of new enterprises ([7], [8], [9]). The word is also adept at encapsulating both the tangible hardships of early settlements and the metaphorical journey toward progress, echoing themes of exploration, bravery, and transformation throughout literary history ([10], [11], [12]).
- For Dr. Howe is the great pioneer on whose work that of Miss Sullivan and other teachers of the deaf-blind immediately depends.
— from The Story of My Life by Helen Keller - He wished, to use his own language, “to become a true pioneer in that mine of truth which lies so deep.”
— from Bacon's Essays, and Wisdom of the Ancients by Francis Bacon - In the matter of procuring a more respectful consideration of the property rights of women, he was a pioneer.
— from History of Woman Suffrage, Volume I - As early as 1844 we find one pioneer at Wiota from Land, Norway, namely Syver Johnson Smed (see above page 213 ).
— from A History of Norwegian Immigration to the United States by George T. Flom - The heart of the pioneer sickened as he recognized the clustering curls of Genevra.
— from The Luck of Roaring Camp and Other Tales by Bret Harte - Therefore, though I am but ill qualified for a pioneer, in the application of these two semi-sciences to the whale, I will do my endeavor.
— from Moby Dick; Or, The Whale by Herman Melville - Meanwhile, the town opinion about the new editor of the "Pioneer" was tending to confirm Mr. Casaubon's view.
— from Middlemarch by George Eliot - I have already been invited to deliver the anniversary oration before the Pioneer Society, to celebrate the settlement of San Francisco.
— from Two Years Before the Mast by Richard Henry Dana - The author is Will Jewell, who was formerly editor of “ The Pioneer .”
— from An Advanced English Grammar with Exercises by Frank Edgar Farley and George Lyman Kittredge - I see what is coming, I see the high pioneer-caps, see staves of runners clearing the way, I hear victorious drums.
— from Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman - Of imperial federation he was at once the apostle and the pioneer.
— from The Early Poems of Alfred Lord Tennyson by Baron Alfred Tennyson Tennyson - Finding himself upon a dangerous errand, our pioneer has left this sign so that any party which follows him may know the way he has taken.
— from The Lost World by Arthur Conan Doyle
