| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Hellenica by Xenophon: deed, to fear from him? Or is it conceivable that he prefers spending
money in making others great to finding his favourite projects
realised without expense?
[10] Reading, with Breitenbach and Hartman, {as} instead of {os
espoudasate k.t.l.}
[11] Or, more lit. "to avert the peace" as an ill-omened thing.
[12] Without inserting {tis}, as Hartman proposes ("An. Xen." p. 387),
that, I think, is the sense. Antalcidas is the arch-diplomat--a
name to conjure with, like that of Bismarck in modern European
politics. But see Grote, "H. G." x. 213, note 2.
"Well! what is it really that has brought us here? No especial need or
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Boys' Life of Abraham Lincoln by Helen Nicolay: mustered out as an officer he re-enlisted, becoming Private
Lincoln in Captain Iles's company of mounted volunteers,
sometimes known as the Independent Spy Battalion. This
organization appears to have been very independent indeed, not
under the control of any regiment or brigade, but receiving
orders directly from the commander-in-chief, and having many
unusual privileges, such as freedom from all camp duties, and
permission to draw rations as much and as often as they pleased.
After laying down his official dignity and joining this band of
privileged warriors, the campaign became much more of a holiday
for the tall volunteer from New Salem. He entered with enthusiasm
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Nada the Lily by H. Rider Haggard: hold us safe."
So we kissed each other, and Macropha went on secretly with the
children.
Now at the dawning on the morrow I summoned the men whom the king had
given me, and we started upon our journey. When the sun was well up we
came to the banks of the river, and there I found my wife Macropha,
and with her the two children. They rose as I came, but I frowned at
my wife and she gave me no greeting. Those with me looked at her
askance.
"I have divorced this woman," I said to them. "She is a withered tree,
a worn out old hag, and now I take her with me to send her to the
Nada the Lily |
