| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Alcibiades II by Platonic Imitator: suggested by the Gorgias, where the story of Archelaus is told, and a
similar phrase occurs;--ta gar echthes kai proen gegonota tauta, k.t.l.
There are several passages which are either corrupt or extremely ill-
expressed. But there is a modern interest in the subject of the dialogue;
and it is a good example of a short spurious work, which may be attributed
to the second or third century before Christ.
ALCIBIADES II
by
Platonic Imitator (see Appendix II above)
Translated by Benjamin Jowett
PERSONS OF THE DIALOGUE: Socrates and Alcibiades.
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Caesar's Commentaries in Latin by Julius Caesar: Volusenus perspectis regionibus omnibus quantum ei facultatis dari potuit,
qui navi egredi ac se barbaris committere non auderet, V. die ad Caesarem
revertitur quaeque ibi perspexisset renuntiat.
Dum in his locis Caesar navium parandarum causa moratur, ex magna
parte Morinorum ad eum legati venerunt, qui se de superioris temporis
consilio excusarent, quod homines barbari et nostrae consuetudinis
imperiti bellum populo Romano fecissent, seque ea quae imperasset facturos
pollicerentur. Hoc sibi Caesar satis oportune accidisse arbitratus, quod
neque post tergum hostem relinquere volebat neque belli gerendi propter
anni tempus facultatem habebat neque has tantularum rerum occupationes
Britanniae anteponendas iudicabat, magnum iis numerum obsidum imperat.
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Riverman by Stewart Edward White: impassive--but still with the plate.
"Has she got her hot-water bag?" asked the boy unexpectedly.
"Yes, Master Kendrick," replied the butler.
After a preoccupied silence the general again broke out:
"Seems to me somebody ought to be up there with her."
"You know, father, that she can't stand any one in the room," said
Carroll equably.
Toward the close of the meal, however, a distant bell tinkled
faintly. Every one jumped as though guilty. Carroll said a hasty
excuse and ran out. After ringing the bell, the invalid had
evidently anticipated its answer by emerging from her room to the
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