| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Aesop's Fables by Aesop: saddle to be placed upon your back so that I may keep steady upon
you as we follow after the enemy." The Horse agreed to the
conditions, and the Hunter soon saddled and bridled him. Then
with the aid of the Hunter the Horse soon overcame the Stag, and
said to the Hunter: "Now, get off, and remove those things from my
mouth and back."
"Not so fast, friend," said the Hunter. "I have now got you
under bit and spur, and prefer to keep you as you are at present."
If you allow men to use you for your own purposes,
they will use you for theirs.
The Peacock and Juno
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Life of the Spider by J. Henri Fabre: the opposite direction. These sudden changes of course are highly
logical; they show us how proficient the Spider is in the mechanics
of rope-construction. Were they to succeed one another regularly,
the spokes of one group, having nothing as yet to counteract them,
would distort the work by their straining, would even destroy it
for lack of a stabler support. Before continuing, it is necessary
to lay a converse group which will maintain the whole by its
resistance. Any combination of forces acting in one direction must
be forthwith neutralized by another in the opposite direction.
This is what our statics teach us and what the Spider puts into
practice; she is a past mistress of the secrets of rope-building,
The Life of the Spider |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Aesop's Fables by Aesop: residence late at night. "You will want some refreshment after
our long journey," said the polite Town Mouse, and took his friend
into the grand dining-room. There they found the remains of a
fine feast, and soon the two mice were eating up jellies and cakes
and all that was nice. Suddenly they heard growling and barking.
"What is that?" said the Country Mouse. "It is only the dogs of
the house," answered the other. "Only!" said the Country Mouse.
"I do not like that music at my dinner." Just at that moment the
door flew open, in came two huge mastiffs, and the two mice had to
scamper down and run off. "Good-bye, Cousin," said the Country
Mouse, "What! going so soon?" said the other. "Yes," he replied;
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