| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Spirit of the Border by Zane Grey: never talked about the savages, and if he spoke at all it was to tell of some
incident of his day's travel. One evening he came back with a large black fox
that he had killed.
"What beautiful, glossy fur!" said Joe. "I never saw a black fox before."
"I've been layin' fer this fellar some time," replied Wetzel, as he began his
first evening task, that of combing his hair. "Jest back here in a clump of
cottonwoods there's a holler log full of leaves. Happenin' to see a blacksnake
sneakin' round, I thought mebbe he was up to somethin', so I investigated, an'
found a nest full of young rabbits. I killed the snake, an' arter that took an
interest in 'em. Every time I passed I'd look in at the bunnies, an' each time
I seen signs that some tarnal varmint had been prowlin' round. One day I
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Symposium by Plato: receive a similar attestation in the concluding scene; or the attachment of
Aristodemus, who is not forgotten when Socrates takes his departure. (5)
We may notice the manner in which Socrates himself regards the first five
speeches, not as true, but as fanciful and exaggerated encomiums of the god
Love; (6) the satirical character of them, shown especially in the appeals
to mythology, in the reasons which are given by Zeus for reconstructing the
frame of man, or by the Boeotians and Eleans for encouraging male loves;
(7) the ruling passion of Socrates for dialectics, who will argue with
Agathon instead of making a speech, and will only speak at all upon the
condition that he is allowed to speak the truth. We may note also the
touch of Socratic irony, (8) which admits of a wide application and reveals
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Aesop's Fables by Aesop: neighbourhood."
This proposal met with general applause, until an old mouse
got up and said: "That is all very well, but who is to bell the
Cat?" The mice looked at one another and nobody spoke. Then the
old mouse said:
"It is easy to propose impossible remedies."
The Hare and the Tortoise
The Hare was once boasting of his speed before the other
animals. "I have never yet been beaten," said he, "when I put
forth my full speed. I challenge any one here to race with me."
The Tortoise said quietly, "I accept your challenge."
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