| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Parmenides by Plato: my time of life. But I must indulge you, as Zeno says that I ought, and we
are alone. Where shall I begin? And what shall be our first hypothesis,
if I am to attempt this laborious pastime? Shall I begin with myself, and
take my own hypothesis the one? and consider the consequences which follow
on the supposition either of the being or of the not-being of one?
By all means, said Zeno.
And who will answer me? he said. Shall I propose the youngest? He will
not make difficulties and will be the most likely to say what he thinks;
and his answers will give me time to breathe.
I am the one whom you mean, Parmenides, said Aristoteles; for I am the
youngest and at your service. Ask, and I will answer.
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from A Book of Remarkable Criminals by H. B. Irving: and burial when he was interrupted by a sound of hammering.
Peace listened for a moment and then said, "That's a noise that
would make some men fall on the floor. They are working at my
own scaffold." A warder said that he was mistaken. "No, I am
not," answered Peace, "I have not worked so long with wood
without knowing the sound of deals; and they don't have deals
inside a prison for anything else than scaffolds." But the
noise, he said, did not disturb him in the least, as he was quite
prepared to meet his fate. He would like to have seen his grave
and coffin; he knew that his body would be treated with scant
ceremony after his death. But what of that? By that time his
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Tarzan and the Jewels of Opar by Edgar Rice Burroughs: lion's side, arousing all the bestial fury of the
little brain; but abating not a whit the power and
vigor of the great body.
Unwounded, the boma and the flames might have turned
him back; but now the pain and the rage wiped caution
from his mind, and with a loud, and angry roar he
topped the barrier with an easy leap and was among the
horses.
What had been pandemonium before became now an
indescribable tumult of hideous sound. The stricken
horse upon which the lion leaped shrieked out its
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