| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from War and the Future by H. G. Wells: worshipper in the presence of the Great Image. I was so moved by
the common humanity of them all that in each case I broke away
from the discreet interpretations of de Tessin and talked to them
directly in the strange dialect which I have inadvertently made
for myself out of French, a disemvowelled speech of epicene
substantives and verbs of incalculable moods and temperaments,
"/Entente Cordiale./" The talked back as if we had met in a
club. General Pelle pulled my leg very gaily with some
quotations from an article I had written upon the conclusion of
the war. I think he found my accent and my idioms very
refreshing. I had committed myself to a statement that Bloch has
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Russia in 1919 by Arthur Ransome: difficulty now that they were again united with a friendly
Ukraine. The silk industry was to be developed in the
Astrakhan district where climatic conditions are particularly
favourable.
I asked about the fate of the old textile manufacturers and
was told that though many had gone abroad many were
working in the nationalized factories. The engineering staff,
which mostly struck work at the beginning of the revolution,
had almost without exception returned, the younger
engineers in particular realizing the new possibilities opening
before the industry, the continual need of new
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from King Henry VI by William Shakespeare: King Henry, be thy title right or wrong,
Lord Clifford vows to fight in thy defence.
May that ground gape and swallow me alive,
Where I shall kneel to him that slew my father!
KING HENRY.
O Clifford, how thy words revive my heart!
YORK.
Henry of Lancaster, resign thy crown.--
What mutter you, or what conspire you, lords?
WARWICK.
Do right unto this princely Duke of York,
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