| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Black Dwarf by Walter Scott: another, till they should hear me at Carlisle."
"And Sir Frederick would say then, nineteen nay-says are half a
grant."
"That," replied Miss Lucy, "depends entirely on the manner in
which the nay-says are said. Mine should have not one grain of
concession in them, I promise you."
"But if your father," said Miss Vere, "were to say,--Thus do, or
--"
"I would stand to the consequences of his OR, were he the most
cruel father that ever was recorded in romance, to fill up the
alternative."
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Princess by Alfred Tennyson: And out of hauntings of my spoken love,
And lonely listenings to my muttered dream,
And often feeling of the helpless hands,
And wordless broodings on the wasted cheek--
From all a closer interest flourished up,
Tenderness touch by touch, and last, to these,
Love, like an Alpine harebell hung with tears
By some cold morning glacier; frail at first
And feeble, all unconscious of itself,
But such as gathered colour day by day.
Last I woke sane, but well-nigh close to death
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Proposed Roads To Freedom by Bertrand Russell: in circumstances where success without violence is
attainable. This argument alone, even if there were
no other, would be a very powerful reason against
the methods advocated by the Anarchist Congress.
Syndicalism stands for what is known as industrial
unionism as opposed to craft unionism. In this
respect, as also in the preference of industrial to
political methods, it is part of a movement which
has spread far beyond France. The distinction
between industrial and craft unionism is much dwelt
on by Mr. Cole. Craft unionism ``unites in a single
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