| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Redheaded Outfield by Zane Grey: The head of the batting list was up for
Bellville, and the whole Bellville contingent on the
side lines rose and yelled and cheered.
Moore was a left handed hitter, who choked his
bat up short, and poked at the ball. He was a
good bunter, and swift on his feet. Wayne had
taken his measure, as he had that of the other
players, earlier in the game; and he knew it was
good pitching to keep the ball in close to Moore's
hands, so that if he did hit it, the chances were
it would not go safe.
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Statesman by Plato: yet some of them still remain and are not overthrown, though many of them,
like ships at sea, founder from time to time, and perish and have perished
and will hereafter perish, through the badness of their pilots and crews,
who have the worst sort of ignorance of the highest truths--I mean to say,
that they are wholly unaquainted with politics, of which, above all other
sciences, they believe themselves to have acquired the most perfect
knowledge.
YOUNG SOCRATES: Very true.
STRANGER: Then the question arises:--which of these untrue forms of
government is the least oppressive to their subjects, though they are all
oppressive; and which is the worst of them? Here is a consideration which
Statesman |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Michael Strogoff by Jules Verne: rection and invasion had reached considerable proportions.
Communication between Siberia and the empire was al-
ready extremely difficult. All this Michael Strogoff heard
from the new arrivals. This information could not but
cause him great uneasiness, and increase his wish of being
beyond the Ural Mountains, so as to judge for himself of
the truth of these rumors, and enable him to guard against
any possible contingency. He was thinking of seeking
more direct intelligence from some native of Kasan, when
his attention was suddenly diverted.
Among the passengers who were leaving the Caucasus,
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