| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Options by O. Henry: aright," replied the colonel.
"All right. Now I'll show you something."
Thacker reached for his thick manila envelope and dumped a mass of
typewritten manuscript on the editors desk.
"Here's some truck," said he, "that I paid cash for, and brought along
with me."
One by one he folded back the manuscripts and showed their first pages
to the colonel.
Here are four short stories four of the highest priced authors in the
United States--three of 'em living in New York, and one commuting.
There's a special article on Vienna-bred society by Tom Vampson.
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Symposium by Xenophon: remain; but those heroes whose souls he held in admiration, these he
raised to immortality. Of whom are Heracles and the Dioscuri, and
there are others also named.[56] As I maintain, it was not for his
body's sake, but for his soul's, that Ganymede[57] was translated to
Olympus, as the story goes, by Zeus. And to this his very name bears
witness, for is it not written in Homer?
And he gladdens ({ganutai}) to hear his voice.[58]
This the poet says, meaning "he is pleased to listen to his words."
[54] Or, "I have a desire to romance a little," "for your benefit to
explain by legendary lore." Cf. Isocr. 120 C; Plat. "Rep." 392 B.
[55] e.g. Leda, Danae, Europa, Alcmena, Electra, Latona, Laodamia
The Symposium |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Lost Continent by Edgar Rice Burroughs: in houses.
"Oh," he exclaimed, "you mean a camp! Yes, there are two
great camps here, East Camp and West Camp. We are from East
Camp."
The use of the word camp to describe a collection of
habitations naturally suggested war to me, and my next
question was as to whether the war was over, and who had
been victorious.
"No," he replied to this question. "The war is not yet
over. But it soon will be, and it will end, as it always
does, with the Westenders running away. We, the Eastenders,
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