| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Adventure by Jack London: man could ever put his arm around her and win her. She would
flutter away like a frightened bird. Approach by contact--that, he
realized, was the one thing he must never do. His hand-clasp must
be what it had always been, the hand-clasp of hearty friendship and
nothing more. Never by action must he advertise his feeling for
her. Remained speech. But what speech? Appeal to her love? But
she did not love him. Appeal to her brain? But it was apparently
a boy's brain. All the deliciousness and fineness of a finely bred
woman was hers; but, for all he could discern, her mental processes
were sexless and boyish. And yet speech it must be, for a
beginning had to be made somewhere, some time; her mind must be
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Theaetetus by Plato: stranger in my hearing, never did I hear him praise any one as he has been
praising you.
THEAETETUS: I am glad to hear it, Socrates; but what if he was only in
jest?
SOCRATES: Nay, Theodorus is not given to jesting; and I cannot allow you
to retract your consent on any such pretence as that. If you do, he will
have to swear to his words; and we are perfectly sure that no one will be
found to impugn him. Do not be shy then, but stand to your word.
THEAETETUS: I suppose I must, if you wish it.
SOCRATES: In the first place, I should like to ask what you learn of
Theodorus: something of geometry, perhaps?
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Man against the Sky by Edwin Arlington Robinson: with a subtle poetic insight that is not visible in the work
of any other living writer." -- ~Brooklyn Daily Eagle~.
"The `Book of Annandale', a splendid poem included in this collection,
is one of the most moving emotional narratives found in modern poetry."
-- ~Review of Reviews~.
". . . His handling of Greek themes reveals him as
a lyrical poet of inimitable charm and skill." -- ~Reedy's Mirror~.
"A poem that must endure; if things that deserve long life get it."
-- ~N. Y. Evening Sun~.
"Wherever you hear people who know speak of American poets . . .
they assume that you take the genius and place of Edwin Arlington Robinson
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