| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Aeroplanes and Dirigibles of War by Frederick A. Talbot: first-named weapon coinciding with the heavy siege gun, which is
built into and forms part and parcel of the defensive or
offensive scheme, while the second is analogous to the field
artillery, which may be wheeled from position to position.
In this phase of artillery the Germans led the way, for the
simple reason that they recognised the military value of aerial
navigation years in advance of their contemporaries. Again, in
this field the Krupp Organisation has played a prominent part.
It embarked upon actual construction of weapons while its rivals
in other countries were content to prepare their drawings, which
were filed against "The Day." But it must not be thought that
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Whirligigs by O. Henry: had seemed to him then, and how monstrous it seemed
now! How the words of diamond thief number two yet
burned in his ears: "If you ever get a cirl, she'll have a
picnic. What did that that this women instinc-
tively knew him for one they could hoodwink? Still again,
there reverberated the policeman's sapient contribution
to his agony: "A man these days and nights wants to
know what his women folks are up to." Oh, yes, he had
been a fool; he had looked at things from the wrong
standpoint.
But the wildest note in all the clamour was struck by
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Awakening & Selected Short Stories by Kate Chopin: acknowledgment to Ellen."
"Day after to-morrow, after the dinner. I shall sleep there."
"Ellen, will you very kindly get me a glass of water?" asked
Arobin. "The dust in the curtains, if you will pardon me for
hinting such a thing, has parched my throat to a crisp."
"While Ellen gets the water," said Edna, rising, "I will say
good-by and let you go. I must get rid of this grime, and I have
a million things to do and think of."
"When shall I see you?" asked Arobin, seeking to detain her,
the maid having left the room.
"At the dinner, of course. You are invited."
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