| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Augsburg Confession by Philip Melanchthon: known, in former times displeased even those monks who were
more considerate. They taught that vows were equal to Baptism;
they taught that by this kind of life they merited forgiveness
of sins and justification before God. Yea, they added that the
monastic life not only merited righteousness before God but
even greater things, because it kept not only the precepts,
but also the so-called "evangelical counsels."
Thus they made men believe that the profession of monasticism
was far better than Baptism, and that the monastic life was
more meritorious than that of magistrates, than the life of
pastors, and such like, who serve their calling in accordance
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Symposium by Xenophon: [9] For Love and Love-for-Love, {eros} and {anteros}, see Plat.
"Phaedr." 255 D. Cf. Aristot. "Eth. N." ix. 1.
[10] Lit. "which of us but knows his soul is melting away with
passion." Cf. Theocr. xiv. 26.
[11] Lit. "beautiful and gentle manhood."
[12] Lit. "how serious are his brows."
[13] The phrases somehow remind one of Sappho's famous ode:
{phainetai moi kenos isos theoisin
emmen oner, ostis enantios toi
izanei, kai plasion adu phoneusas upakouei
kai gelosas imeroen}.
The Symposium |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Village Rector by Honore de Balzac: before the chalet, where she remained unconscious for some little
time. When she opened her eyes Gerard was on his knees before her and
he said instantly:--
"I will marry Denise."
Madame Graslin took his head in both hands and kissed him on the
forehead; then, seeing his surprise at so much gratitude, she pressed
his hand and said:
"Before long you will know the secret of all this. Let us go back to
the terrace, for it is late; I am very tired, but I must look my last
on that dear plain."
Though the day had been insupportably hot, the storms which during
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