| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Economist by Xenophon: several sorts, moreover, as I noticed, lay so well arranged, there
could be no entanglement of one with other, nor were searchers
needed;[21] and if all were snugly stowed, all were alike get-at-
able,[22] much to the avoidance of delay if anything were wanted on
the instant.
[20] Lit. "a symmetrically-shaped dining-room, made to hold ten
couches."
[21] Lit. "a searcher"; "an inquisitor." Cf. Shakesp. "Rom. and Jul."
V. ii. 8.
[22] Lit. "not the reverse of easy to unpack, so as to cause a waste
of time and waiting."
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Profits of Religion by Upton Sinclair: Sunday, and by threatening to employ detectives and have these
mighty ones arrested and sent to their own prison. Which shows
again the importance of understanding the relationship of
Superstition and Big Business!
BOOK SIX
The Church of the Quacks
They may talk as they please about what they call pelf,
And how one ought never to think of one's self,
And how pleasures of thought surpass eating and drinking--
My pleasure of thought is the pleasure of thinking
How pleasant it is to have money, heigh ho!
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Inaugural Address by John F. Kennedy: but a new world of law. . .where the strong are just. . .
and the weak secure. . .and the peace preserved. . . .
All this will not be finished in the first one hundred days.
Nor will it be finished in the first one thousand days. . .
nor in the life of this administration, nor even perhaps
in our lifetime on this planet. But let us begin.
In your hands, my fellow citizens. . .more than mine. . .will rest the
final success or failure of our course. Since this country was founded,
each generation of Americans has been summoned to give testimony
to its national loyalty. The graves of young Americans who answered
the call to service surround the globe. Now the trumpet summons us again. . .
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