| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Little Britain by Washington Irving: St. Bartholomew's Hospital bound it on the west; Smithfield and
Long Lane on the north; Aldersgate Street, like an arm of the
sea, divides it from the eastern part of the city; whilst the
yawning gulf of Bull-and-Mouth Street separates it from
Butcher Lane, and the regions of Newgate. Over this little
territory, thus bounded and designated, the great dome of St.
Paul's, swelling above the intervening houses of Paternoster
Row, Amen Corner, and Ave Maria Lane, looks down with an
air of motherly protection.
This quarter derives its appellation from having been, in
ancient times, the residence of the Dukes of Brittany. As
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from On Revenues by Xenophon: iv. 57, viii. 92; Arist. "Birds,"ii. 76. Young Athenians between
eighteen and twenty were eligible for the service.
[62] Or, "for the very object of the contest." The construction is in
any case unusual. {peri on agonizontai} = {peri touton oi}.
Zurborg suggests {peri ton agonizomenon}.
But it is not the income[63] derived from the slaves alone to which we
look to help the state towards the effective maintenance of her
citizens, but with the growth and concentration of a thick population
in the mining district various sources of revenue will accrue, whether
from the market at Sunium, or from the various state buildings in
connection with the silver mines, from furnaces and all the rest.
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Resurrection by Leo Tolstoy: took the note, nodded, and went away. Some time after the gate
rattled again, and women carrying baskets, boxes, jugs and sacks
came out, loudly chattering in their peculiar Siberian dialect as
they stepped over the threshold of the gate. None of them wore
peasant costumes, but were dressed town fashion, wearing jackets
and fur-lined cloaks. Their skirts were tucked up high, and their
heads wrapped up in shawls. They examined Nekhludoff and his
guide curiously by the light of the lamp. One of them showed
evident pleasure at the sight of the broad-shouldered fellow, and
affectionately administered to him a dose of Siberian abuse.
"You demon, what are you doing here? The devil take you," she
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