| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from An Unsocial Socialist by George Bernard Shaw: for by ex ports, because rent and interest are not paid for at
all--a fact which the Free Traders do not yet see, or at any rate
do not mention, although it is the key to the whole mystery of
their opponents. The cry for Protection will become wild, but no
one will dare resort to a demonstrably absurd measure that must
raise prices before it raises wages, and that has everywhere
failed to benefit the worker. There will be no employment for
anyone except in doing things that must be done on the spot, such
as unpacking and distributing the imports, ministering to the
proprietors as domestic servants, or by acting, preaching,
paving, lighting, housebuilding, and the rest; and some of these,
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Anabasis by Xenophon: The Anabasis is his story of the march to Persia
to aid Cyrus, who enlisted Greek help to try and
take the throne from Artaxerxes, and the ensuing
return of the Greeks, in which Xenophon played a
leading role. This occurred between 401 B.C. and
March 399 B.C.
PREPARER'S NOTE
This was typed from Dakyns' series, "The Works of Xenophon," a
four-volume set. The complete list of Xenophon's works (though
there is doubt about some of these) is:
Work Number of books
Anabasis |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Man in Lower Ten by Mary Roberts Rinehart: the light. Then I let it drop.
"Good Lord," I muttered, and remained on my knees, staring at the
spot where the hand had been. It was gone now: there was a faint
rustle in the, darkness below, and then silence.
I held up my own hand in the starlight and stared at a long scratch
in the palm. "A woman!" I said to myself stupidly. "By all that's
ridiculous, a woman!"
Johnson was striking matches below and swearing softly to himself.
"How the devil do you get to the roof?" he called. "I think I've
broken my nose."
He found the ladder after a short search and stood at the bottom,
The Man in Lower Ten |
