| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Faraday as a Discoverer by John Tyndall: account of Faraday's private relations. A hasty glance at the work
shows me that the reverent devotion of the biographer has turned to
admirable account the materials at his command.
The work of Dr. Bence Jones enables me to correct a statement
regarding Wollaston's and Faraday's respective relations to the
discovery of Magnetic Rotation. Wollaston's idea was to make the
wire carrying a current rotate round its own axis: an idea
afterwards realised by the celebrated Ampere. Faraday's discovery
was to make the wire carrying the current revolve round the pole of
a magnet and the reverse.
John Tyndall.
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Mrs. Warren's Profession by George Bernard Shaw: VIVIE. Everybody knows my reputation, my social standing, and
the profession I intend to pursue. I know nothing about you.
What is that way of life which you invite me to share with you
and Sir George Crofts, pray?
MRS WARREN. Take care. I shall do something I'll be sorry for
after, and you too.
VIVIE [putting aside her books with cool decision] Well, let us
drop the subject until you are better able to face it. [Looking
critically at her mother] You want some good walks and a little
lawn tennis to set you up. You are shockingly out of condition:
you were not able to manage twenty yards uphill today without
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The $30,000 Bequest and Other Stories by Mark Twain: the appetite. Only the complete book, unabridged, can do that.
Therefore it is here printed.--M.T.]
THE ENEMY CONQUERED; OR, LOVE TRIUMPHANT
Sweet girl, thy smiles are full of charms,
Thy voice is sweeter still,
It fills the breast with fond alarms,
Echoed by every rill.
I begin this little work with an eulogy upon woman, who has ever
been distinguished for her perseverance, her constancy, and her
devoted attention to those upon whom she has been pleased to place
her AFFECTIONS. Many have been the themes upon which writers and
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