| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Wrecker by Stevenson & Osbourne: Bows on, I believe. And she's down by the head now. If any
carpenter comes tinkering here, where'll he go first? Down in
the forepeak, I suppose! And then, how about all that blood
among the chandlery? You would think you were a lot of
members of Parliament discussing Plimsoll; and you're just a
pack of murderers with the halter round your neck. Any other
ass got any time to waste? No? Thank God for that! Now, all
hands! I'm going below, and I leave you here on deck. You get
the boat cover off that boat; then you turn to and open the
specie chest. There are five of us; get five chests, and divide
the specie equal among the five--put it at the bottom--and go at
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Sportsman by Xenophon: "Her." x. Cf. Strab. viii. 6. 2 (368); Leake, "Morea," ii. 358;
Baedeker, "Greece," 245.
[30] i.e. Odysseus and Diomed. (S. 11, I confess, strikes me as
somewhat in Xenophon's manner.) See "Mem." IV. ii. 33; "Apol." 26.
Menestheus,[31] through diligence and patient care, the outcome of the
chase, so far overshot all men in love of toil that even the chiefs of
Hellas must confess themselves inferior in the concerns of war save
Nestor only; and Nestor, it is said,[32] excelled not but alone might
rival him.
[31] For Menestheus, who led the Athenians against Troy, cf. Hom.
"Il." ii. 552; iv. 327; Philostr. "Her." ii. 16; Paus. ii. 25. 6;
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Tin Woodman of Oz by L. Frank Baum: "Very well done, my Wanderer," said the Tin Woodman.
"It is evident that we need fear these puffed-up
creatures no longer, so be kind enough to unfasten our
bonds and we will proceed upon our journey."
Woot untied the bonds of the Scarecrow and helped him
to his feet. Then he freed the Tin Woodman, who got up
without help. Looking around them, they saw that the
only Loon now remaining within reach was Bal Loon, the
King, who had remained seated in his throne, watching
the punishment of his people with a bewildered look in
his purple eyes.
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