| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Proposed Roads To Freedom by Bertrand Russell: revolt, without, however, having to suffer any further
term of imprisonment. For some years he lived in
Italy, where he founded in 1864 an ``International
Fraternity'' or ``Alliance of Socialist Revolutionaries.''
This contained men of many countries, but
apparently no Germans. It devoted itself largely to
combating Mazzini's nationalism. In 1867 he moved
to Switzerland, where in the following year he
helped to found the ``International Alliance of So-
cialist Democracy,'' of which he drew up the program.
This program gives a good succinct resume of
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Case of the Golden Bullet by Grace Isabel Colbron and Augusta Groner: purchase a sufficiency of this necessity of life.
Muller waited outside, and his attention was attracted by a large
grey Ulmer hound which was evidently waiting for some one within
the shop. The dog came up to him in a most friendly manner, allowed
him to pat its head, rubbed up against him with every sign of
pleasure, and would not leave him even when he turned to go after
Johann came out of the shop. Still accompanied by the dog, the two
men walked on quite a distance, when a sharp whistle was heard
behind them, and the dog became uneasy. He would not leave them,
however, until a powerful voice called "Tristan!" several times.
Muller turned and saw that Tristan's master was a tall, stately man
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Prince by Nicolo Machiavelli: has already been alluded to. Machiavelli has painted Ferdinand of
Aragon as the man who accomplished great things under the cloak of
religion, but who in reality had no mercy, faith, humanity, or
integrity; and who, had he allowed himself to be influenced by such
motives, would have been ruined. The Emperor Maximilian was one of the
most interesting men of the age, and his character has been drawn by
many hands; but Machiavelli, who was an envoy at his court in 1507-8,
reveals the secret of his many failures when he describes him as a
secretive man, without force of character--ignoring the human agencies
necessary to carry his schemes into effect, and never insisting on the
fulfilment of his wishes.
The Prince |
