| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Economist by Xenophon: his kind services.
Soc. Because, you know, we agreed that a man's estate was identical
with his possessions?
Crit. Yes, certainly! the good part of his possessions; but the evil
portion! no, I thank you, that I do not call part of a man's
possessions.
Soc. As I understand, you would limit the term to what we may call a
man's useful or advantageous possessions?
Crit. Precisely; if he has things that injure him, I should regard
these rather as a loss than as wealth.
Soc. It follows apparently that if a man purchases a horse and does
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Mistress Wilding by Rafael Sabatini: They came up very soon, six militiamen in lobster coats with yellow
facings, and a sergeant, which was what Mr. Trenchard might have
expected. There was, however, something else that Mr. Trenchard
did not expect; something that afforded him considerable surprise.
At the head of the party rode Sir Rowland Blake - obviously leading
it - and with him was Richard Westmacott. Amongst them went a man
in grey clothes, whom Mr. Trenchard rightly conjectured to be the
messenger riding for Whitehall. He thought with a smile of what a
handful he and Wilding would have had had they waited to rob that
messenger of the incriminating letter that he bore. Then he checked
his smile to consider again how Sir Rowland Blake came to head that
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from 1984 by George Orwell: poetry has been determined by the fact that the English language lacks
rhymes?'
No, that particular thought had never occurred to Winston. Nor, in the
circumstances, did it strike him as very important or interesting.
'Do you know what time of day it is?' he said.
Ampleforth looked startled again. 'I had hardly thought about it. They
arrested me--it could be two days ago--perhaps three.' His eyes flitted
round the walls, as though he half expected to find a window somewhere.
'There is no difference between night and day in this place. I do not see
how one can calculate the time.'
They talked desultorily for some minutes, then, without apparent reason,
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