| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Symposium by Xenophon: Plat. "Laws," 854 B; "Hell." III. iii. 4.
Char. No, that I do not. On the contrary, I run my head into each
danger most adventurously. I endure, if haply I may see a chance of
getting something from some quarter of the sky some day.
Come now (Socrates exclaimed), it lies with you, sir, you,
Antisthenes, to explain to us, how it is that you, with means so
scanty, make so loud a boast of wealth.
Because (he answered) I hold to the belief, sirs, that wealth and
poverty do not lie in a man's estate, but in men's souls. Even in
private life how many scores of people have I seen, who, although they
roll in wealth, yet deem themselves so poor, there is nothing they
The Symposium |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Last War: A World Set Free by H. G. Wells: together.
'If I do him an injustice,' said the king, 'it is only because I
want to elucidate my argument. I want to make it clear how small
are men and days, and how great is man in comparison....'
Section 4
So it was King Egbert talked at Brissago after they had
proclaimed the unity of the world. Every evening after that the
assembly dined together and talked at their ease and grew
accustomed to each other and sharpened each other's ideas, and
every day they worked together, and really for a time believed
that they were inventing a new government for the world. They
The Last War: A World Set Free |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas: arrested, but because of those of a lady much greater than
herself."
"Ah, ah! Can it be on account of the amours of Madame de
Bois-Tracy?" said D'Artagnan, wishing to have the air, in the
eyes of the citizen, of being posted as to court affairs."
"Higher, monsieur, higher."
"Of Madame d'Aiguillon?"
"Still higher."
"Of Madame de Chevreuse?"
"Of the--" D'Artagnan checked himself.
"Yes, monsieur," replied the terrified citizen, in a tone so low
The Three Musketeers |
