| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Aeroplanes and Dirigibles of War by Frederick A. Talbot: the maximum. As a rule it carries the pilot and an observer, and
invariably includes a light arm for defence against an aerial
enemy, together with an adequate supply of ammunition, while
unless short sharp flights are to be made, the fuel supply
represents an appreciable load. Under these circumstances the
item of weight is a vital consideration. It must be kept within
a limit of 100 pounds, and the less the equipment weighs the more
satisfactory it is likely to prove, other things being equal.
The two most successful systems yet exploited are the Dubilier
and the Rouget. The former is an American invention, the latter
is of French origin. Both have been tested by the British
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe: spirituelle graces of his cousin Evangeline.
Eva had a little pet pony, of a snowy whiteness. It was
easy as a cradle, and as gentle as its little mistress; and this
pony was now brought up to the back verandah by Tom, while a little
mulatto boy of about thirteen led along a small black Arabian,
which had just been imported, at a great expense, for Henrique.
Henrique had a boy's pride in his new possession; and, as he
advanced and took the reins out of the hands of his little groom,
he looked carefully over him, and his brow darkened.
"What's this, Dodo, you little lazy dog! you haven't rubbed
my horse down, this morning."
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Soul of a Bishop by H. G. Wells: other.
Scrope stood for a moment or so and then sat down again.
For a time he could think only of Eleanor.... He watched the
two young people as they went eastward. As they walked their
shoulders and elbows bumped amicably together.
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Presently he sought to resume the interrupted thread of his
thoughts. He knew that he had been dealing with some very
tremendous and urgent problem when Eleanor had appeared. Then he
remembered that Eleanor at the time of her approach had seemed to
be a solution rather than an interruption. Well, she had her own
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