| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Works of Samuel Johnson by Samuel Johnson: There are, however, a few, whom, like myself,
imprisonment has rather mortified than hardened:
with these only I converse; and of these you may,
perhaps, hereafter receive some account from
Your humble servant,
MISARGYRUS.
No. 45. TUESDAY, APRIL 10, 1753
Nulla fides regni sociis, omnisque potestas
Impatiens consortis erit.--------
LUCAN. Lib. i. 92.
No faith of partnership dominion owns:
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Weir of Hermiston by Robert Louis Stevenson: may-pole of a man that rose unsteadily from his chair to give his
visitor welcome. Archie had suffered much in the last days, he had
suffered again that evening; his face was white and drawn, his eyes wild
and dark. But Lord Glenalmond greeted him without the least mark of
surprise or curiosity.
"Come in, come in," said he. "Come in and take a seat. Carstairs" (to
his servant), "make up the fire, and then you can bring a bit of
supper," and again to Archie, with a very trivial accent: "I was half
expecting you," he added.
"No supper," said Archie. "It is impossible that I should eat."
"Not impossible," said the tall old man, laying his hand upon his
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Michael Strogoff by Jules Verne: would not even take the trouble to bury.
During this trying period Alcide Jolivet and Michael
Strogoff worked hard, each in the portions of the enclosure
in which they found themselves. Healthy and vigorous,
they suffered less than so many others, and could better
endure the hardships to which they were exposed. By
their advice, and the assistance they rendered, they were
of the greatest possible use to their suffering and despairing
fellow-captives.
Was this state of things to last? Would Feofar-Khan,
satisfied with his first success, wait some time before march-
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