| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Enemies of Books by William Blades: --attempt to breed, 81-3.--from Greece, 82.--in paper box, 89.--
in United States, gi. Bookworms' progress through books, 84.--
race by, 86.
Bosses on books, 135.
Boys injuring books, 139.
--in library, story of, 140.
Brighton, black letter fragments, 59.
British Museum, Boccaccio's -Fall of Princes, 61.
British Museum free from the "worm," 83.
-burnt book exhibited at, I I.
Brown spots in books, 24.
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy: brains have to make a career and must not miss opportunities, but must
avail myself of them!" he reflected.
He did not find Prince Andrew in Olmutz that day, but the appearance
of the town where the headquarters and the diplomatic corps were
stationed and the two Emperors were living with their suites,
households, and courts only strengthened his desire to belong to
that higher world.
He knew no one, and despite his smart Guardsman's uniform, all these
exalted personages passing in the streets in their elegant carriages
with their plumes, ribbons, and medals, both courtiers and military
men, seemed so immeasurably above him, an insignificant officer of the
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Herland by Charlotte Gilman: way we feel about God."
I meditated again. I thought of that God of Battles of ours,
that Jealous God, that Vengeance-is-mine God. I thought of our
world-nightmare--Hell.
"You have no theory of eternal punishment then, I take it?"
Ellador laughed. Her eyes were as bright as stars, and there
were tears in them, too. She was so sorry for me.
"How could we?" she asked, fairly enough. "We have no
punishments in life, you see, so we don't imagine them after death."
"Have you NO punishments? Neither for children nor criminals--
such mild criminals as you have?" I urged.
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