| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Apology by Xenophon: converges."[18]
[16] {te tou logou episkepsei}. Cf. Plat. "Rep." 456 C.
[17] Or, if {emin}, transl. "we all were for thinking that the main
thing was."
[18] Or, "that sink into which a confluent stream of evil humours
discharge most incompatible with gaiety of mind." Schneid. conj.
{eremon} sc. {geras}.
"No," he added, "God knows I shall display no ardent zeal to bring
that about.[19] On the contrary, if by proclaiming all the blessings
which I owe to god and men; if, by blazoning forth the opinion which I
entertain with regard to myself, I end by wearying the court, even so
The Apology |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Monster Men by Edgar Rice Burroughs: his features, and he shuddered--but not from fear.
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THE BULL WHIP
As von Horn and Virginia Maxon walked slowly beneath the
dense shadows of the jungle he again renewed his suit.
It would please him more to have the girl accompany
him voluntarily than to be compelled to take her by force,
but take her he would one way or another, and that, this very night,
for all the plans were made and already under way.
"I cannot do it, Doctor von Horn," she had said.
"No matter how much danger I may be in here I cannot desert
The Monster Men |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Mistress Wilding by Rafael Sabatini: through his words; Luttrell caught the accent of hate in Sir Rowland's
tense voice, and, being a shrewd man, he saw that if Mr. Wilding was
to be taken, an enemy would surely be the best pursuer to accomplish
it. So he prevailed, and gave him the trust he sought, in Spite of
Albemarle s expressed reluctance. And never did bloodhound set out more
relentlessly purposeful upon a scent than did Sir Rowland follow now in
what he believed to be the track of this man who stood between him and
Ruth Westmacott. Until Ruth was widowed, Sir Rowland's hopes of her
must lie fallow; and so it was with a zest that he flung himself into
the task of widowing her.
As the party passed out of view round the angle of the white road,
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