| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Tik-Tok of Oz by L. Frank Baum: of this piece--the mouth and the left eye--so it
was able to tell me that a fierce dragon was the
cause. It had attacked the poor nome and scattered
him in every direction, and as there was no friend
near to collect his pieces and put him together,
they had been separated for a great many years. So
you see, Your Majesty, it is not in good taste to
sneer at a dragon."
The King had listened attentively to Kaliko.
Said he:
"It will only be necessary to chain this dragon
Tik-Tok of Oz |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Fanny Herself by Edna Ferber: themselves out, and there's nothing left to write about. A
little of that kind of thing purges and cleanses. Too much
of it poisons, and clogs. No, ma'am! When I want to talk I
go down and chin with the foreman of our composing room.
There's a chap that has what I call conversation. A
philosopher, and knows everything in the world. Composing
room foremen always are and do. Now, that's all of that.
How about Fanny Brandeis? Any sketches? Come on.
Confess. Grand street, anyway."
"I haven't touched a pencil, except to add up a column of
figures or copy an order, since last September, when you
Fanny Herself |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Symposium by Xenophon: what sort of conversation."
Several of the company exclaimed at once: Be our director then
yourself. Explain what style of talk we should engage in to achieve
that object.[3]
[3] {exegou}. "Prescribe the form of words we must lay hold of to
achieve the object, and we will set to work, arch-casuist."
Nothing (he replied) would please me better than to demand of Callias
a prompt performance of his promise. He told us, you recollect, if we
would dine with him, he would give us an exhibition of his wisdom.
To which challenge Callias: That I will readily, but you on your side,
one and all, must propound some virtue of which you claim to have the
The Symposium |
