| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Contrast by Royall Tyler: cards one lover until she is sure of another. Letitia
little thinks what a clue I have to Dimple's conduct.
The generous man submits to render himself disgust-
ing to Maria, in order that she may leave him at lib-
erty to address me. I must change the subject.
[Aside, and rings a bell.
Enter SERVANT.
Frank, order the horses to.--Talking of marriage,
did you hear that Sally Bloomsbury is going to be
married next week to Mr. Indigo, the rich Carolinian?
LETITIA
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Menexenus by Plato: genius. Further, in attempting to balance the evidence for and against a
Platonic dialogue, we must not forget that the form of the Platonic writing
was common to several of his contemporaries. Aeschines, Euclid, Phaedo,
Antisthenes, and in the next generation Aristotle, are all said to have
composed dialogues; and mistakes of names are very likely to have occurred.
Greek literature in the third century before Christ was almost as
voluminous as our own, and without the safeguards of regular publication,
or printing, or binding, or even of distinct titles. An unknown writing
was naturally attributed to a known writer whose works bore the same
character; and the name once appended easily obtained authority. A
tendency may also be observed to blend the works and opinions of the master
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell: to the top with water. Mammy had hunted for it, just before the
funeral when the pallbearers wanted a drink, and already the air in
the kitchen was electric with suspicion between Mammy, Cookie and
Peter.
The brandy burned with fiery pleasantness. There was nothing like
it when you needed it. In fact, brandy was good almost any time,
so much better than insipid wine. Why on earth should it be proper
for a woman to drink wine and not spirits? Mrs. Merriwether and
Mrs. Meade had sniffed her breath most obviously at the funeral and
she had seen the triumphant look they had exchanged. The old cats!
She poured another drink. It wouldn't matter if she did get a
Gone With the Wind |
