| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from King Henry VI by William Shakespeare: WARWICK.
O cheerful colours! see where Oxford comes.
OXFORD.
Oxford, Oxford, for Lancaster!
[He and his forces enter the city.]
GLOSTER.
The gates are open; let us enter too.
KING EDWARD.
So other foes may set upon our backs.
Stand we in good array, for they no doubt
Will issue out again and bid us battle;
|
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The American by Henry James: Bellegarde laid his fingers upon his lips with a whispered HUSH!
"Old races have strange secrets!" he said. "Put yourself into motion,
come and see my sister, and be assured of my sympathy!"
And on this he took his leave.
Newman dropped into a chair before his fire, and sat a long time
staring into the blaze.
CHAPTER IX
He went to see Madame de Cintre the next day, and was informed
by the servant that she was at home. He passed as usual up
the large, cold staircase and through a spacious vestibule above,
where the walls seemed all composed of small door panels,
|
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Polity of Athenians and Lacedaemonians by Xenophon: reflection on these matters will serve to dispel the notion that there
is any danger at Athens from persons visited with disenfranchisement.
THE POLITY OF THE LACEDAEMONIANS
I
I recall the astonishment with which I[1] first noted the unique
position[2] of Sparta amongst the states of Hellas, the relatively
sparse population,[3] and at the same time the extraordinary power and
prestige of the community. I was puzzled to account for the fact. It
was only when I came to consider the peculiar institutions of the
Spartans that my wonderment ceased. Or rather, it is transferred to
the legislator who gave them those laws, obedience to which has been
|
