| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Economist by Xenophon: likewise as regards the processes of husbandry, think you the
propitiation of heaven is less needed here? Be well assured (he added)
the wise and prudent will pay service to the gods on behalf of moist
fruits and dry,[25] on behalf of cattle and horses, sheep and goats;
nay, on behalf of all their possessions, great and small, without
exception.
[24] See "Hell." III. i. 16 foll., of Dercylidas.
[25] "Every kind of produce, succulent (like the grape and olive) or
dry (like wheat and barley, etc.)"
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Your words (Critobulus answered) command my entire sympathy, when you
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Cromwell by William Shakespeare: What do I care for pity or regard?
He once was wealthy, but he now is fallen,
And this morning have I got him arrested,
At the suit of master Friskiball,
And by this means shall I be sure of coin,
For doing this same good to him unknown:
And in good time, see where the merchant comes.
[Enter Friskiball.]
BAGOT.
Good morrow to kind master Friskiball.
FRISKIBALL.
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Collected Articles by Frederick Douglass: "Yes, sir," I answered; "I have a paper with the American Eagle on it,
and that will carry me around the world."
With this I drew from my deep sailor's pocket my seaman's protection,
as before described. The merest glance at the paper satisfied him,
and he took my fare and went on about his business. This moment
of time was one of the most anxious I ever experienced.
Had the conductor looked closely at the paper, he could not
have failed to discover that it called for a very different-looking
person from myself, and in that case it would have been his duty
to arrest me on the instant, and send me back to Baltimore
from the first station. When he left me with the assurance
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