| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Great Big Treasury of Beatrix Potter by Beatrix Potter: nests and frogs and worms; and he
waddled about by moonlight, digging
things up.
His clothes were very dirty; and
as he slept in the daytime, he al-
ways went to bed in his boots. And
the bed which he went to bed in
was generally Mr. Tod's.
Now Tommy Brock did occasionally
eat rabbit pie; but it was only
very little young ones occasionally,
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Eryxias by Platonic Imitator: The latter, said Prodicus.
Then you would consider him a simpleton who supposed that he could obtain
by praying to the Gods the knowledge of grammar or music or any other art,
which he must either learn from another or find out for himself?
Prodicus agreed to this also.
And when you pray to the Gods that you may do well and receive good, you
mean by your prayer nothing else than that you desire to become good and
wise:--if, at least, things are good to the good and wise and evil to the
evil. But in that case, if virtue is acquired by instruction, it would
appear that you only pray to be taught what you do not know.
Hereupon I said to Prodicus that it was no misfortune to him if he had been
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Pellucidar by Edgar Rice Burroughs: bow. Again there was animated discussion. I could see
that those who were not armed with bows were urging
something upon the two who were.
At last the majority appeared to prevail, for simul-
taneously the two archers raised their weapons. At the
same instant I fired at one of them, dropping him in
his tracks. The other, however, launched his missile,
but the report of my gun had given him such a start
that the arrow flew wild above my head. A second after
and he, too, was sprawled upon the sward with a round
hole between his eyes. It had been a rather good shot.
Pellucidar |
