| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Hiero by Xenophon: gainful to pour mortal soul, then, take my word for it, that is the
tyrant's remedy: there's none better suited[22] to his case, since he
alone of all men is in this dilemma, that neither to keep nor lay
aside his troubles profits him.
[22] Or, "nought more profitable to meet the case." The author plays
on {lusitelei} according to his wont.
VIII
Here Simonides took up the thread of the discourse[1] as follows: That
for the moment, Hiero, you should be out of heart regarding tyranny[2]
I do not wonder, since you have a strong desire to be loved by human
beings, and you are persuaded that it is your office which balks the
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Records of a Family of Engineers by Robert Louis Stevenson: between the beacon and the building, which also proved a great
conveniency to the work. At this period the rope-ladder and
tackle for the mortar had a descent from the beacon to the
building; by and by they were on a level, and towards the end
of the season, when the solid part had attained its full
height, the ascent was from the mortar gallery to the
building.
(1) This is an incurable illusion of my grandfather's; he
always writes `distended' for `extended.' - [R. L. S.]
[Friday, 30th June]
The artificers landed on the rock this morning at a
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Foolish Virgin by Thomas Dixon: The room was still, the noise of the street-cars
below muffled with the first soft blanket of snow. The
street lamps flickered in the wind with a pale subdued
light that scarcely brought out the furnishings of her
nest. She was in the habit of dreaming in this window
for hours with only the light from the lamps on the
street.
The Square, deserted by its tramp lovers, lay white
and still and cold. The old battle with the Blue
Devils was on again within. The fight with Jane had
been easy. She had always found it easy to face
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