No necrophilic regard for its established conventions must blind the lover of beautiful verse to the fact that the primary function of poetry is both to Intellectualize sensation and to elucidate emotional experience.
"Open Water"
Arthur Stringer
He invented for himself, partly from instinct, partly from method, a compromise between his contradictory tendencies, which he formulated in a fashion slightly pedantic, when he said that his sole aim was to "Intellectualize the forcible sensations;" in clearer terms, he dreamed of meeting with, in human life, the greatest number of impressions it could give and to think of them after having met them.
"Cosmopolis, Complete"
Paul Bourget Last Updated: March 3, 2009
As has been said, she did not Intellectualize her reasons, but the core of her resistance was the very essence of an individuality having its roots in a self-respecting and self-controlling inheritance-an element wanting in her sister Lise.
"The Dwelling Place of Light, Complete"
Winston Churchill Last Updated: March 5, 2009