| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Aeroplanes and Dirigibles of War by Frederick A. Talbot: conclusively, for the simple reason that the trail of smoke may
be picked up with comparative ease, even at a distance, by means
of field glasses. The tinsel too, is readily distinguishable,
particularly in bright weather, for the glittering surface,
catching the sun-light, acts some what in the manner of a
heliograph.
The progress of the airman is followed by two officers at the
base from which he started. One is equipped with the director,
while the second takes the range. Directly this has been found
as a result of calculation, the guns are laid ready for firing.
In those cases where the enemy's artillery is concealed perhaps
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Awakening & Selected Short Stories by Kate Chopin: Robert. We shall be everything to each other. Nothing else in the
world is of any consequence. I must go to my friend; but you will
wait for me? No matter how late; you will wait for me, Robert?"
"Don't go; don't go! Oh! Edna, stay with me," he pleaded.
"Why should you go? Stay with me, stay with me."
"I shall come back as soon as I can; I shall find you here."
She buried her face in his neck, and said good-by again. Her
seductive voice, together with his great love for her, had
enthralled his senses, had deprived him of every impulse but the
longing to hold her and keep her.
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Caesar's Commentaries in Latin by Julius Caesar: praestaret, reliqua pro loci natura, pro vi tempestatum illis essent
aptiora et accommodatiora. Neque enim iis nostrae rostro nocere poterant
(tanta in iis erat firmitudo), neque propter altitudinem facile telum
adigebatur, et eadem de causa minus commode copulis continebautur.
Accedebat ut, cum [saevire ventus coepisset et] se vento dedissent, et
tempestatem ferrent facilius et in vadis consisterent tutius et ab aestu
relictae nihil saxa et cotes timerent; quarum rerum omnium nostris navibus
casus erat extimescendus.
Compluribus expugnatis oppidis Caesar, ubi intellexit frustra tantum
laborem sumi neque hostium fugam captis oppidis reprimi neque iis noceri
posse, statuit expectandam classem. Quae ubi convenit ac primum ab
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