Literary notes about split (AI summary)
The word "split" weaves its dual power of physical and metaphorical division through literature. At times it describes a violent, tangible rupture—consider the Nautilus splitting brittle rock with “frightful crackings” [1] or arrows splitting their targets [2]—while in other situations it marks an abstract or emotional division, such as the irreversible schism between science and religion [3] or the disintegration of an individual's inner world [4]. Even in more quotidian settings, the term captures moments of division, like sharing commissions between brokers [5] or breaking apart data into manageable parts, evoking the sense of separation and fragmentation that enriches narrative and imagery alike.
- The Nautilus entered the brittle mass like a wedge, and split it with frightful crackings.
— from Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea by Jules Verne - The archer vindicated their opinion of his skill: his arrow split the willow rod against which it was aimed.
— from Ivanhoe: A Romance by Walter Scott - “Yes—it was established after the Great Schism near the end of the First Millennium—when science and religion split irrevocably on this world.
— from The Lani People by Jesse F. Bone - Another is that the consciousness of these actions exists, but is split-off from the rest of the consciousness of the hemispheres.
— from The Principles of Psychology, Volume 1 (of 2) by William James - On out-of-town business, they usually split the commission with the out-of-town or "local" brokers.
— from All About Coffee by William H. Ukers
