| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Tarzan of the Apes by Edgar Rice Burroughs: same rope. Then Tarzan set off toward the north, leading the
now thoroughly frightened professor and his secretary.
In deathly silence they proceeded for what seemed hours to
the two tired and hopeless old men; but presently as they
topped a little rise of ground they were overjoyed to see the
cabin lying before them, not a hundred yards distant.
Here Tarzan released them, and, pointing toward the little
building, vanished into the jungle beside them.
"Most remarkable, most remarkable!" gasped the professor.
"But you see, Mr. Philander, that I was quite right, as
usual; and but for your stubborn willfulness we should have
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Sportsman by Xenophon: suggests" (i.e. badly).
[20] "Recognisable for the worse."
[21] Or, "what with private extortionsand public peculation."
[22] {ton idioton}, "laymen," I suppose, as opposed to "professional"
lawyers or politicians.
[23] "What with their incapacity for hard work, their physique for
purposes of war is a mockery and a sham."
[24] Cf. Plat. "Soph."
[25] Or, "earns but an evil reputation in the world."
[26] "They are being bearded in their dens."
I go back to my proposition then. Those self-seeking politicians, who
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Lord Arthur Savile's Crime, etc. by Oscar Wilde: fascinate him. He leaned wearily up against the railings, cooling
his brow against the wet metal, and listening to the tremulous
silence of the trees. 'Murder! murder!' he kept repeating, as
though iteration could dim the horror of the word. The sound of
his own voice made him shudder, yet he almost hoped that Echo might
hear him, and wake the slumbering city from its dreams. He felt a
mad desire to stop the casual passer-by, and tell him everything.
Then he wandered across Oxford Street into narrow, shameful alleys.
Two women with painted faces mocked at him as he went by. From a
dark courtyard came a sound of oaths and blows, followed by shrill
screams, and, huddled upon a damp door-step, he saw the crook-
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