| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Historical Lecturers and Essays by Charles Kingsley: uncolonised. After Cnut's short-lived triumph--king as he was of
Denmark, Norway, England, and half Scotland, and what not of Wendish
Folk inside the Baltic--the force of the Norsemen seems to have been
exhausted in their native lands. Once more only, if I remember
right, did "Lochlin," really and hopefully send forth her "mailed
swarm" to conquer a foreign land; and with a result unexpected alike
by them and by their enemies. Had it been otherwise, we might not
have been here this day.
Let me sketch for you once more--though you have heard it,
doubtless, many a time--the tale of that tremendous fortnight which
settled the fate of Britain, and therefore of North America; which
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from On Revenues by Xenophon: specially cared for.
[11] Or, "help to swell the state exchequer."
III
At this point I propose to offer some remarks in proof of the
attractions and advantages of Athens as a centre of commercial
enterprise. In the first place, it will hardly be denied that we
possess the finest and safest harbourage for shipping, where vessels
of all sorts can come to moorings and be laid up in absolute
security[1] as far as stress of weather is concerned. But further than
that, in most states the trader is under the necessity of lading his
vessel with some merchandise[2] or other in exchange for his cargo,
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Monster Men by Edgar Rice Burroughs: sleeping things. Roaring and shrieking in pain and
anger the creatures stumbled to their feet and lumbered
awkwardly into the open. Two of them turned upon their
tormentor, but the burning weapon on their ill protected
flesh sent them staggering back out of reach, and in
another moment all were huddled in the center of the campong.
As cattle are driven, von Horn drove the miserable
creatures toward the door of the workshop. At the
threshold of the dark interior the frightened things
halted fearfully, and then as von Horn urged them on
from behind with his cruel whip they milled as cattle
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