| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Oscar Wilde Miscellaneous by Oscar Wilde: Nay, but entreat him;
He will refuse you nothing, though the price
Be as a prince's ransom. And your profit
Shall not be less than mine.
BIANCA. Am I your prentice?
Why should I chaffer for your velvet robe?
GUIDO. Nay, fair Bianca, I will buy the robe,
And all things that the honest merchant has
I will buy also. Princes must be ransomed,
And fortunate are all high lords who fall
Into the white hands of so fair a foe.
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Economist by Xenophon: furnishing facility of sustenance for the dogs as by nurturing a
foster brood of wild animals. And if horses and dogs derive benefit
from this art of husbandry, they in turn requite the boon through
service rendered to the farm. The horse carries his best of friends,
the careful master, betimes to the scene of labour and devotion, and
enables him to leave it late. The dog keeps off the depredations of
wild animals from fruits and flocks, and creates security in the
solitary place.
[7] Lit. "farming is best adapted to rearing horses along with other
produce."
[8] Lit. "to labour willingly and earnestly at hunting earth helps to
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Twilight Land by Howard Pyle: This time the travelling comrade did neither good nor ill to
those of the house, but in the morning he told the widow whither
they were going, and asked if she and her son knew the way to the
garden where grew the fruit of happiness.
"Yes," said she, "that we do, for the garden is not a day's
journey from here, and my son himself shall go with you to show
you the way."
"That is good," said the servant's comrade, "and if he will do so
I will pay him well for his trouble."
So the young man put on his hat, and took up his stick, and off
went the three, up hill and down dale, until by-and-by they came
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