| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Z. Marcas by Honore de Balzac: everything. These are laws of hydrostatics which act on the human
race; the Roman Empire had failed to understand them, and the Barbaric
hordes came down.
"The Barbaric hordes now are the intelligent class. The laws of
overpressure are at this moment acting slowly and silently in our
midst. The Government is the great criminal; it does not appreciate
the two powers to which it owes everything; it has allowed its hands
to be tied by the absurdities of the Contract; it is bound, ready to
be the victim.
"Louis XIV., Napoleon, England, all were or are eager for intelligent
youth. In France the young are condemned by the new legislation, by
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Just Folks by Edgar A. Guest: He builds with wood most wondrous things:
A table for the den,
A music rack to please the girls,
A gun case for the men.
And 'midst his paints and tools he smiles,
And seems as young and gay
As any of the little ones
Who round him run in play.
I stopped to speak with him awhile;
"Oh, tell me, Grandpa, pray,
I said, "why do you work so hard
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Barlaam and Ioasaph by St. John of Damascus: darling and well-beloved son, honour thou thy father's grey
hairs: listen to my entreaty, and come, do sacrifice to the gods;
thus shalt thou win their favour, and receive at their hands
length of days, and the enjoyment of all glory and of an
undisputed kingdom, and happiness of every sort. Thus shalt thou
be well pleasing to me thy father throughout life and be honoured
and lauded of all men. It is a great count in the score of
praise to be obedient to thy father, especially in a good cause,
and to gain the goodwill of the gods. What thinkest thou, my
son? Is it that I have willingly declined from the right, and
chosen to travel on the wrong road: or that, from ignorance and
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