| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from A Footnote to History by Robert Louis Stevenson: different; and with Pelly, Fritze was less well inspired. In his
first note, he was on the old guard; announced that he had acted on
the requisition of his consul, who was alone responsible on "the
legal side"; and declined accordingly to discuss "whether the lives
of British subjects were in danger, and to what extent armed
intervention was necessary." Pelly replied judiciously that he had
nothing to do with political matters, being only responsible for
the safety of Her Majesty's ships under his command and for the
lives and property of British subjects; that he had considered his
protest a purely naval one; and as the matter stood could only
report the case to the admiral on the station. "I have the
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Tin Woodman of Oz by L. Frank Baum: wisdom and many things may be learned."
"To learn is simple. Don't you ask questions?"
inquired the Scarecrow.
"Yes; I ask as many questions as I dare; but some
people refuse to answer questions."
"That is not kind of them," declared the Tin Woodman.
"If one does not ask for information he seldom receives
it; so I, for my part, make it a rule to answer any
civil question that is asked me."
"So do I," added the Scarecrow, nodding.
"I am glad to hear this," said the Wanderer, "for it
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Economist by Xenophon: Most certainly there is (he answered): it still remains for him to
learn particulars--to know, that is, what things he has to do, and
when and how to do them; or else, if ignorant of these details, the
profit of this bailiff in the abstract may prove no greater than the
doctor's who pays a most precise attention to a sick man, visiting him
late and early, but what will serve to ease his patient's pains[2] he
knows not.
[2] Lit. "what it is to the advantage of his patient to do, is beyond
his ken."
Soc. But suppose him to have learnt the whole routine of business,
will he need aught else, or have we found at last your bailiff
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