| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Tao Teh King by Lao-tze: Can never be uptorn;
What his skilful arms enfold,
From him can ne'er be borne.
Sons shall bring in lengthening line,
Sacrifices to his shrine.
2. Tao when nursed within one's self,
His vigour will make true;
And where the family it rules
What riches will accrue!
The neighbourhood where it prevails
In thriving will abound;
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Little Rivers by Henry van Dyke: not need to search for a spring. But it is always necessary to
look carefully for a bit of smooth ground on the shore, far enough
above the water to be dry, and slightly sloping, so that the head
of the bed may be higher than the foot. Above all, it must be free
from big stones and serpentine roots of trees. A root that looks
no bigger that an inch-worm in the daytime assumes the proportions
of a boa-constrictor at midnight--when you find it under your hip-
bone. There should also be plenty of evergreens near at hand for
the beds. Spruce will answer at a pinch; it has an aromatic smell;
but it is too stiff and humpy. Hemlock is smoother and more
flexible; but the spring soon wears out of it. The balsam-fir,
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Crowd by Gustave le Bon: The crowd is at the mercy of all exterior exciting causes, and
reflects their incessant variations--The impulses which the crowd
obeys are so imperious as to annihilate the feeling of personal
interest-- Premeditation is absent from crowds--Racial influence.
2. CROWDS ARE CREDULOUS AND READILY INFLUENCED BY
SUGGESTION. The obedience of crowds to suggestions--The images
evoked in the mind of crowds are accepted by them as
realities--Why these images are identical for all the individuals
composing a crowd--The equality of the educated and the ignorant
man in a crowd--Various examples of the illusions to which the
individuals in a crowd are subject--The impossibility of
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