| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Monster Men by Edgar Rice Burroughs: from the opposite shore of the island which was but two
miles at its greatest breadth, and two and a quarter at
its greatest length.
At the camp Virginia found that a neat clearing had
been made upon a little tableland, a palisade built
about it, and divided into three parts; the most
northerly of which contained a small house for herself
and her father, another for von Horn, and a common
cooking and eating house over which Sing was to preside.
The enclosure at the far end of the palisade was for
the Malay and lascar crew and there also were quarters
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Economist by Xenophon: them.
Soc. But those hoers with their hoes, Ischomachus, tell me for what
reason you let them loose[14] upon the corn.
[14] Cf. "Revenues," iv. 5.
Isch. You know, I daresay, that in winter there are heavy rains?[15]
[15] "And melting snows, much water every way."
Soc. To be sure, I do.
Isch. We may suppose, then, that a portion of the corn is buried by
these floods beneath a coat of mud and slime, or else that the roots
are laid quite bare in places by the torrent. By reason of this same
drench, I take it, oftentimes an undergrowth of weeds springs up with
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Emerald City of Oz by L. Frank Baum: After all his dangerous allies had marched into the tunnel the Nome
King and General Guph started to follow them, at the head of fifty
thousand Nomes, all fully armed.
"Guph," said the King, "those creatures ahead of us mean mischief.
They intend to get everything for themselves and leave us nothing."
"I know," replied the General; "but they are not as clever as they
think they are. When you get the Magic Belt you must at once wish
the Whimsies and Growleywogs and Phanfasms all back into their own
countries--and the Belt will surely take them there."
"Good!" cried the King. "An excellent plan, Guph. I'll do it.
While they are conquering Oz I'll get the Magic Belt, and then
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