| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Apology by Xenophon: The Sportsman 1
The Cavalry General 1
The Apology 1
On Revenues 1
The Hiero 1
The Agesilaus 1
The Polity of the Athenians and the Lacedaemonians 2
Text in brackets "{}" is my transliteration of Greek text into
English using an Oxford English Dictionary alphabet table. The
diacritical marks have been lost.
The Apology
The Apology |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Democracy In America, Volume 1 by Alexis de Toqueville: inherent in the elective system that it is still extremely
perceptible in the narrow sphere to which the authority of the
President extends.
The Americans have admitted that the head of the executive
power, who has to bear the whole responsibility of the duties he
is called upon to fulfil, ought to be empowered to choose his own
agents, and to remove them at pleasure: the legislative bodies
watch the conduct of the President more than they direct it. The
consequence of this arrangement is, that at every new election
the fate of all the Federal public officers is in suspense. Mr.
Quincy Adams, on his entry into office, discharged the majority
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Rise and Fall of Cesar Birotteau by Honore de Balzac: of our territory as to commemorate my promotion to the order of the
Legion of honor--"
"Ah! ah!" said Molineux, "a recompense well-deserved!"
"Yes," said Birotteau, "possibly I showed myself worthy of that signal
and royal favor by my services on the Bench of commerce, and by
fighting for the Bourbons upon the steps of Saint-Roch on the 13th
Vendemiaire. These claims--"
"Are equal to those of our brave soldiers of the old army. The ribbon
is red, for it is dyed with their blood."
At these words, taken from the "Constitutionnel," Birotteau could not
keep from inviting little Molineux to the ball, who thanked him
Rise and Fall of Cesar Birotteau |
