| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Rig Veda: heroleu, about thee:
But, O House-Friend, in houses full of children.
12 By sacrifice which the Steeds' Lord ever visits, there make
our
dwelling rich in seed and offspring,
Increasing still with lineal successors.
13 Guard us, O Agni, from the hated demon, guard us from malice
of the
churlish sinner:
Allied with thee may I subdue assailants.
14 May this same fire of mine surpass all others, this fire
The Rig Veda |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Adieu by Honore de Balzac: by its rope. This woman wore on her head a red handkerchief, beneath
which trailed long locks of hair in color and shape like the flax on a
distaff. She wore no fichu. A coarse woollen petticoat in black and
gray stripes, too short by several inches, exposed her legs. She might
have belonged to some tribe of Red-Skins described by Cooper, for her
legs, neck, and arms were the color of brick. No ray of intelligence
enlivened her vacant face. A few whitish hairs served her for
eyebrows; the eyes themselves, of a dull blue, were cold and wan; and
her mouth was so formed as to show the teeth, which were crooked, but
as white as those of a dog.
"Here, my good woman!" called Monsieur de Sucy.
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Sportsman by Xenophon: deprive it (lit. in order that they might not deprive) them (the
young huntsmen) of their game."
[12] Lit. "in truth and reality (not among visionary phantoms)."
[13] These words are commonly regarded as an addition; and what does
{te} signify?
[14] Or, "Here you have the making of brave soldiers and generals.
Here in embryo are to be found your future soldiers and generals
worthy the name."
[15] {outoi aristoi}: these are prima virorum, the true aristocrats.
Some people tell us it is not right to indulge a taste for hunting,
lest it lead to neglect of home concerns, not knowing that those who
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