| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Gorgias by Plato: him give the exhibition again either now, or, if you prefer, at some other
time.
CALLICLES: What is the matter, Chaerephon--does Socrates want to hear
Gorgias?
CHAEREPHON: Yes, that was our intention in coming.
CALLICLES: Come into my house, then; for Gorgias is staying with me, and
he shall exhibit to you.
SOCRATES: Very good, Callicles; but will he answer our questions? for I
want to hear from him what is the nature of his art, and what it is which
he professes and teaches; he may, as you (Chaerephon) suggest, defer the
exhibition to some other time.
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Pocket Diary Found in the Snow by Grace Isabel Colbron and Augusta Groner: lantern was slightly opened, and he had his revolver ready in his
hand.
Muller had opened his lantern also, and they saw that they were
in a prettily furnished corridor from which the staircase and one
door led out.
The, four men tiptoed up the stairway and the commissioner stepped
to the first of the two doors which opened onto the upper corridor.
He turned the key which was in the lock, and opened the door, but
they found themselves in a room as dark as was the corridor. From
somewhere, however, a ray of light fell into the blackness. The
official stepped into the room, pulling Berner in after him. The
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Scarecrow of Oz by L. Frank Baum: break.
It was Button-Bright who found her, at last, just as
the sun had set and the shades of evening were falling.
He also had been turned away from the King's castle, when
he tried to enter it, and in the park he came across
Trot.
"Never mind," said the boy. "We can find a place to
sleep."
"I want Cap'n Bill," wailed the girl.
"Well, so do I," was the reply. "But we haven't got
him. Where do you s'pose he is, Trot?
The Scarecrow of Oz |
