| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Aeroplanes and Dirigibles of War by Frederick A. Talbot: squadron if it were within visual range and would communicate the
fact to the commander of the fleet below. The latter would
decide his course according to information received; thus he
would be enabled to elude his enemy, or, if the tidings received
from the aerial scout should be favourable, to dispose his vessels
in the most favourable array for attack.
The German code of naval tactics does not foreshadow the use of
dirigible aircraft as vessels of attack. Scouting is the primary
and indeed the only useful duty of the dirigible, although it is
quite possible that the aerial craft might participate in a
subsequent naval engagement, as, indeed, has been the case. Its
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Montezuma's Daughter by H. Rider Haggard: 'Then you are quit of your oath, friend, for all these things have
come about, and there has been no smoke on Popo for these two
years. Now, if you will be advised by me, you will turn Christian
again and enter the service of Spain. But come, let us to supper,
we can talk of these matters afterwards.'
So we sat down to eat by the light of torches in the banqueting
hall with Bernal Diaz and some other of the Spaniards. Otomie
would have left us, and though the captain bade her stay she ate
nothing, and presently slipped away from the chamber.
CHAPTER XXXVII
VENGEANCE
Montezuma's Daughter |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Mansfield Park by Jane Austen: The note was held out, and must be taken; and as she
instantly and with averted eyes walked towards the fireplace,
where sat the others, he had nothing to do but to go
in good earnest.
Fanny thought she had never known a day of greater agitation,
both of pain and pleasure; but happily the pleasure
was not of a sort to die with the day; for every day
would restore the knowledge of William's advancement,
whereas the pain, she hoped, would return no more.
She had no doubt that her note must appear excessively
ill-written, that the language would disgrace a child,
Mansfield Park |
