| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Russia in 1919 by Arthur Ransome: impressions, all the drudgery, gossip, quarrels, arguments,
events and experiences it contains would have to be set
against a background of that extraordinary vitality which
obstinately persists in Moscow even in these dark days of
discomfort, disillusion, pestilence, starvation and unwanted
war.
ARTHUR RANSOME.
CONTENTS
To Petrograd
Smolni
Petrograd to Moscow
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Court Life in China by Isaac Taylor Headland: After the Boxer troubles were settled, the Germans, at the
expense of the Chinese government, erected a large stone memorial
arch on the spot where Von Kettler fell. At its dedication,
members of the diplomatic corps of all the legations in Peking
were present, including ladies and children, together with a
large number of Chinese officials representing the city, the
government, and the Foreign Office, and Prince Chun was selected
to pour the sacrificial wine. He did it with all the dignity of a
prince, however much he may or may not have enjoyed it. On this
occasion he used one of the ancient, three-legged, sacrificial
wine-cups, which he held in both hands, while Na Tung, President
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Second Inaugural Address by Abraham Lincoln: ***
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Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address
March 4, 1865
Fellow countrymen: At this second appearing to take the oath
of the presidential office, there is less occasion for an extended
address than there was at the first. Then a statement, somewhat
Second Inaugural Address |
