| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Cavalry General by Xenophon: shall see in their commander one who, with the knowledge how to act,
has force of will and cunning to make them get the better of the
enemy; and if, further, they have got the notion well into their heads
that this same leader may be trusted not to lead them recklesssly
against the foe, without the help of Heaven, or despite the auspices--
I say, you have a list of virtues which will make those under his
command the more obedient to their ruler.
[3] Or, "stone walls," "dykes."
VII
If prudence may be spoken of as the one quality distinctive of true
generalship, there are two respects in which a general of cavalry at
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Octopus by Frank Norris: take advantage of it, what a ninny she would think him; she would
despise him for being afraid. He afraid! He, Annixter, afraid
of a fool, feemale girl. Why, he owed it to himself as a man to
go as far as he could. He told himself that that goat Osterman
would have kissed Hilma Tree weeks ago. To test his state of
mind, he imagined himself as having decided to kiss her, after
all, and at once was surprised to experience a poignant qualm of
excitement, his heart beating heavily, his breath coming short.
At the same time, his courage remained with him. He was not
afraid to try. He felt a greater respect for himself because of
this. His self-assurance hardened within him, and as Hilma
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Dunwich Horror by H. P. Lovecraft: of dogs.
The change in the quality of the daylight increased,
and the crowd gazed about the horizon in wonder. A purplish darkness,
born of nothing more than a spectral deepening of the sky's blue,
pressed down upon the rumbling hills. Then the lightning flashed
again, somewhat brighter than before, and the crowd fancied that
it had showed a certain mistiness around the altar-stone on the
distant height. No one, however, had been using the telescope
at that instant. The whippoorwills continued their irregular pulsation,
and the men of Dunwich braced themselves tensely against some
imponderable menace with which the atmosphere seemed surcharged.
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