| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Edition of The Ambassadors by Henry James: "They ought to see this, you know. They MUST."
"The Pococks?"--she looked about in deprecation; she seemed to see
gaps he didn't.
"Mamie and Sarah--Mamie in particular."
"My shabby old place? But THEIR things--!"
"Oh their things! You were talking of what will do something for
you--"
"So that it strikes you," she broke in, "that my poor place may?
Oh," she ruefully mused, "that WOULD be desperate!"
"Do you know what I wish?" he went on. "I wish Mrs. Newsome herself
could have a look."
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Moon-Face and Other Stories by Jack London: "'It's all over but the shouting,' I groaned back, but Slim, unaware of the
article, was puzzled.
"'Your Honor,' I answered, 'when I can get work, that is my occupation.'
"'You take quite an interest in local affairs, I see.' (Here his Honor took up
the morning's COWBELL and ran his eye up and down a column I knew was mine.)
'Color is good,' he commented, an appreciative twinkle in his eyes; 'pictures
excellent, characterized by broad, Sargent-like effects. Now this . . . this
judge you have depicted . . . you, ah, draw from life, I presume?'
"'Rarely, your I Honor,' I answered. 'Composites, ideals, rather . . . er,
types, I may say.'
"'But you have color, sir, unmistakable color,' he continued.
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Anabasis by Xenophon: in Corinth. He died in 354 B.C.
The Anabasis is his story of the march to Persia
to aid Cyrus, who enlisted Greek help to try and
take the throne from Artaxerxes, and the ensuing
return of the Greeks, in which Xenophon played a
leading role. This occurred between 401 B.C. and
March 399 B.C.
PREPARER'S NOTE
This was typed from Dakyns' series, "The Works of Xenophon," a
four-volume set. The complete list of Xenophon's works (though
there is doubt about some of these) is:
Anabasis |
