| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from War and the Future by H. G. Wells: seize upon and carry human affairs with it, is not for our
present speculation.
There seem to be two distinct ways of answering the first of the
questions I have noted. They do not necessarily contradict each
other. Of course the war is being largely paid for immediately
out of the accumulated private wealth of the past. We are buying
off the "hold-up" of the private owner upon the material and
resources we need, and paying in paper money and war loans. This
is not in itself an impoverishment of the community. The wealth
of individuals is not the wealth of nations; the two things may
easily be contradictory when the rich man's wealth consists of
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Lost Continent by Edgar Rice Burroughs: reached the camp he exhibited both me and my arms with every
indication of pride in this great capture.
The inhabitants flocked around me, examining my clothing,
and exclaiming in wonderment at each new discovery of
button, buckle, pocket, and flap. It seemed incredible that
such a thing could be, almost within a stone's throw of the
spot where but a brief two centuries before had stood the
greatest city of the world.
They bound me to a small tree that grew in the middle of one
of their crooked streets, but the girl they released as soon
as we had entered the enclosure. The people greeted her
Lost Continent |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen: "My reasons for marrying are, first, that I think it a right thing
for every clergyman in easy circumstances (like myself) to set
the example of matrimony in his parish; secondly, that I am
convinced that it will add very greatly to my happiness; and
thirdly--which perhaps I ought to have mentioned earlier, that it
is the particular advice and recommendation of the very noble
lady whom I have the honour of calling patroness. Twice has
she condescended to give me her opinion (unasked too!) on this
subject; and it was but the very Saturday night before I left
Hunsford-- between our pools at quadrille, while Mrs. Jenkins
was arranging Miss de Bourgh's footstool, that she said, Mr.
Pride and Prejudice |
