| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Astoria by Washington Irving: and at parting, in his letter of instructions, to be courteous
and kind in his dealings with the savages, but by no means to
confide in their apparent friendship, nor to admit more than a
few on board of his ship at a time.
Had the deportment of Captain Thorn been properly regulated, the
insult so wounding to savage pride would never have been given.
Had he enforced the rule to admit but a few at a time, the
savages would not have been able to get the mastery. He was too
irritable, however, to practice the necessary self-command, and,
having been nurtured in a proud contempt of danger, thought it
beneath him to manifest any fear of a crew of unarmed savages.
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Faraday as a Discoverer by John Tyndall: 'no concentration of the solution in the part near the magnet.'
Here also the diffusibility of the salt was too powerful for the
force brought against it.
The experiment last referred to is recorded in a paper presented to
the Royal Society on the 2nd August, 1850, in which he pursues the
investigation of the magnetism of gases. Newton's observations on
soap-bubbles were often referred to by Faraday. His delight in a
soap-bubble was like that of a boy, and he often introduced them
into his lectures, causing them, when filled with air, to float on
invisible seas of carbonic acid, and otherwise employing them as a
means of illustration. He now finds them exceedingly useful in his
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Light of Western Stars by Zane Grey: Stevens. He was a cowboy, and he really was riding that car,
making it answer to his will, as it had been born in him to
master a horse. He had never driven to suit himself, had never
reached an all-satisfying speed until now. Beyond that his
motive was to save Stewart--to make Madeline happy. Life was
nothing to him. That fact gave him the superhuman nerve to face
the peril of this ride. Because of his disregard of self he was
able to operate the machine, to choose the power, the speed, the
guidance, the going with the best judgment and highest efficiency
possible. Madeline knew he would get her to Mezquital in time to
save Stewart or he would kill her in the attempt.
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