| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from La Grenadiere by Honore de Balzac: and the officer on his side had taken a liking to the lad, whose eyes
sparkled with energy. Louis, hungering for tales of adventure, and
eager for information, used to follow in the lieutenant's wake for the
chance of a chat with him. It so happened that the sailor had a friend
and comrade in the colonel of a regiment of infantry, struck off the
rolls like himself; and young Louis-Gaston had a chance of learning
what life was like in camp or on board a man-of-war. Of course, he
plied the veterans with questions; and when he had made up his mind to
the hardships of their rough callings, he asked his mother's leave to
take country walks by way of amusement. Mme. Willemsens was beyond
measure glad that he should ask; the boy's astonished masters had told
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Heroes by Charles Kingsley: At least the Pallantilds will have no chance by the side of
such as he.'
Then she went back into her chamber modestly, while Theseus
ate and drank; and all the servants whispered, 'This, then,
is the man who killed the monsters! How noble are his looks,
and how huge his size! Ah, would that he were our master's
son!'
But presently Medeia came forth, decked in all her jewels,
and her rich Eastern robes, and looking more beautiful than
the day, so that all the guests could look at nothing else.
And in her right hand she held a golden cup, and in her left
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Hiero by Xenophon: revenues to flow more copiously--by keeping your own private
capital[4] employed, or by means devised to make the resources of the
entire state[5] productive?
[4] Reading {idia}, al. {idia}, = "your capital privately employed."
[5] Lit. "of all citizens alike," "every single member of the state."
And next to speak of that which people hold to be the flower of
institutions, a pursuit both noble in itself and best befitting a
great man--I mean the art of breeding chariot-horses[6]--which would
reflect the greater lustre on you, that you personally[7] should train
and send to the great festal gatherings[8] more chariots than any
Hellene else? or rather that your state should boast more racehorse-
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