| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Bickerstaff-Partridge Papers by Jonathan Swift: home, or of the success of our armies abroad, which I might, and
could very largely have done; but those in power have wisely
discouraged men from meddling in publick concerns, and I was
resolv'd by no means to give the least offence. This I will
venture to say, That it will be a glorious campaign for the
allies, wherein the English forces, both by sea and land, will
have their full share of honour: That her Majesty Queen Anne will
continue in health and prosperity: And that no ill accident will
arrive to any of the chief ministry.
As to the particular events I have mention'd, the readers may
judge by the fulfilling of 'em, whether I am on the level with
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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: circumvenire, pars summum castrorum locum petere coepit.
Eodem tempore equites nostri levisque armaturae pedites, qui cum iis
una fuerant, quos primo hostium impetu pulsos dixeram, cum se in castra
reciperent, adversis hostibus occurrebant ac rursus aliam in partem fugam
petebant; et calones, qui ab decumana porta ac summo iugo collis nostros
victores flumen transire conspexerant, praedandi causa egressi, cum
respexissent et hostes in nostris castris versari vidissent, praecipites
fugae sese mandabant. Simul eorum qui cum impedimentis veniebant clamor
fremitusque oriebatur, aliique aliam in partem perterriti ferebantur.
Quibus omnibus rebus permoti equites Treveri, quorum inter Gallos virtutis
opinio est singularis, qui auxilii causa a civitate missi ad Caesarem
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne: whether casually, or of set purpose, and be refreshed with a word
of warm, fragrant, heaven-
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breathing Gospel truth, from his beloved lips, into her dulled,
but rapturously attentive ear. But, on this occasion, up to the
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