| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Polity of Athenians and Lacedaemonians by Xenophon: in size and strength I leave to the judgment of whomsoever it may
concern.
II
With this exposition of the customs in connection with the birth of
children, I wish now to explain the systems of education in fashion
here and elsewhere. Throughout the rest of Hellas the custom on the
part of those who claim to educate their sons in the best way is as
follows. As soon as the children are of an age to understand what is
said to them they are immediately placed under the charge of
Paidagogoi[1] (or tutors), who are also attendants, and sent off to
the school of some teacher to be taught "grammar," "music," and the
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Extracts From Adam's Diary by Mark Twain: now. Yet it differs from the other four-legged animals in that
its front legs are unusually short, consequently this causes the
main part of its person to stick up uncomfortably high in the air,
and this is not attractive. It is built much as we are, but its
method of travelling shows that it is not of our breed. The short
front legs and long hind ones indicate that it is of the kangaroo
family, but it is a marked variation of the species, since the
true kangaroo hops, whereas this one never does. Still, it is a
curious and interesting variety, and has not been catalogued before.
As I discovered it, I have felt justified in securing the credit
of the discovery by attaching my name to it, and hence have called
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Rezanov by Gertrude Atherton: San Francisco had been invited, and it would be
strange if in the confusion between performance
and supper a lover could not find a moment alone
with his lady.
The elements were kind to the padres. The after-
noon was not too hot, although the sun flooded the
plain and there was not a cloud on the dazzling blue
of the sky. Never had the Mission and the man-
sions looked so white, their tiles so red. The trees
were blossoming pink and white in the orchards, the
lightest breeze rippled the green of the fields; and
Rezanov |
