| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Lysis by Plato: And what is this building, I asked; and what sort of entertainment have
you?
The building, he replied, is a newly erected Palaestra; and the
entertainment is generally conversation, to which you are welcome.
Thank you, I said; and is there any teacher there?
Yes, he said, your old friend and admirer, Miccus.
Indeed, I replied; he is a very eminent professor.
Are you disposed, he said, to go with me and see them?
Yes, I said; but I should like to know first, what is expected of me, and
who is the favourite among you?
Some persons have one favourite, Socrates, and some another, he said.
Lysis |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Moral Emblems by Robert Louis Stevenson: A hoar, unconquerable pine.'
The second sniffed and answered: 'Pooh!
I am as good a pine as you.'
'Discourteous tree,' the first replied,
'The tempest in my boughs had cried,
The hunter slumbered in my shade,
A hundred years ere you were made.'
The second smiled as he returned:
'I shall be here when you are burned.'
So far dissension ruled the pair,
Each turned on each a frowning air,
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Adventure by Jack London: being a brute.
"Don't you see?--it spoils everything; it makes the whole situation
impossible . . . and . . . and I so loved our partnership, and was
proud of it. Don't you see?--I can't go on being your partner if
you make love to me. And I was so happy."
Tears of disappointment were in her eyes, and she caught a swift
sob in her throat.
"I warned you," he said gravely. "Such unusual situations between
men and women cannot endure. I told you so at the beginning."
"Oh, yes; it is quite clear to me what you did." She was angry
again, and the feminine appeal had disappeared. "You were very
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