| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from What is Man? by Mark Twain: when she voices a warning: "Quick! hurry! gather yourselves
under mamma, there's a hawk coming!" We understand the cat when
she stretches herself out, purring with affection and contentment
and lifts up a soft voice and says, "Come, kitties, supper's
ready"; we understand her when she goes mourning about and says,
"Where can they be? They are lost. Won't you help me hunt for
them?" and we understand the disreputable Tom when he challenges
at midnight from his shed, "You come over here, you product of
immoral commerce, and I'll make your fur fly!" We understand a
few of a dog's phrases and we learn to understand a few of the
remarks and gestures of any bird or other animal that we
What is Man? |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from War and the Future by H. G. Wells: England we did not suspect a man on such a score as that.
"In Italy I think we should," said the husband of the Irish
lady.
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This incidental discussion is a necessary part of my impression
of Italy at war. The two western allies and Great Britain in
particular have to remember Italy's economic needs, and to
prepare to rescue them from the blind exploitation of private
profit. They have to remember these needs too, because, if they
are left out of the picture, then it becomes impossible to
understand the full measure of the risk Italy has faced in
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Love Songs by Sara Teasdale: And from the tide has found surcease,
It grows more bitter than the sea,
For all its peace.
New Love and Old
In my heart the old love
Struggled with the new;
It was ghostly waking
All night through.
Dear things, kind things,
That my old love said,
Ranged themselves reproachfully
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