| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Gorgias by Plato: rhetorician might make a bad use of rhetoric I noted with surprise the
inconsistency into which you had fallen; and I said, that if you thought,
as I did, that there was a gain in being refuted, there would be an
advantage in going on with the question, but if not, I would leave off.
And in the course of our investigations, as you will see yourself, the
rhetorician has been acknowledged to be incapable of making an unjust use
of rhetoric, or of willingness to do injustice. By the dog, Gorgias, there
will be a great deal of discussion, before we get at the truth of all this.
POLUS: And do even you, Socrates, seriously believe what you are now
saying about rhetoric? What! because Gorgias was ashamed to deny that the
rhetorician knew the just and the honourable and the good, and admitted
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Heart of the West by O. Henry: .45's, with little "Ohs" and "Ahs" of new-born, delicious shyness.
The /canoncito/ was growing dusky. Beyond its terminus in the river
bluff they could see the outer world yet suffused with the waning
glory of sunset.
A scream--a piercing scream of fright from Alvarita. Back she cowered,
and the ready, protecting arm of Buckley formed her refuge. What
terror so dire as to thus beset the close of the reign of the never-
before-daunted Queen?
Across the path there crawled a /caterpillar/--a horrid, fuzzy, two-
inch caterpillar! Truly, Kuku, thou went avenged. Thus abdicated the
Queen of the Serpent Tribe--/viva la reina/!
Heart of the West |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Mad King by Edgar Rice Burroughs: ever happens you mustn't be caught."
Princess Emma dropped back close to the hedge and
Barney approached the building, which proved to be a
private garage. The doors were locked, as also were the
three windows. Barney passed entirely around the structure
halting at last upon the darkest side. Here was a window.
Barney tried to loosen the catch with the blade of his pocket
knife, but it wouldn't unfasten. His endeavors resulted only
in snapping short the blade of his knife. For a moment he
stood contemplating the baffling window. He dared not break
the glass for fear of arousing the inmates of the house
The Mad King |
