| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Pivot of Civilization by Margaret Sanger: to keep pace with the economic and capitalistic aggressions of the
nineteenth century, so also we find, if we look closely enough, that
nineteenth century economics is inadequate to lead the world out of
the catastrophic situation into which it has been thrown by the
debacle of the World War. Economists are coming to recognize that the
purely economic interpretation of contemporary events is insufficient.
Too long, as one of them has stated, orthodox economists have
overlooked the important fact that ``human life is dynamic, that
change, movement, evolution, are its basic characteristics; that self-
expression, and therefore freedom of choice and movement, are
prerequisites to a satisfying human state''.[4]
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from On the Duty of Civil Disobedience by Henry David Thoreau: and country, greater than any that mere time could effect.
I saw yet more distinctly the State in which I lived. I saw
to what extent the people among whom I lived could be
trusted as good neighbors and friends; that their friendship
was for summer weather only; that they did not greatly
propose to do right; that they were a distinct race from me
by their prejudices and superstitions, as the Chinamen and
Malays are that in their sacrifices to humanity they ran no
risks, not even to their property; that after all they were
not so noble but they treated the thief as he had treated
them, and hoped, by a certain outward observance and a few
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Hellenica by Xenophon: the utmost activity, putting pressure on the trierarchs. He further
procured from the Athenians for his use not only any vessels cruising
on the coast of Attica, but the Paralus and Salaminia[9] also,
remarking that, if things turned out well yonder, he would soon send
them back plenty of ships. Thus his numbers grew to something like
seventy sail.
[6] The name of the general was Ctesicles, according to Diod. xv. 47.
Read {strategon} for {tagon}, with Breitenbach, Cobet, etc. For
Alcetas, see above, "Hell." VI. i. 7.
[7] I.e. by show of hands, {ekheirotonoun}.
[8] See Jowett, note to Thuc. VIII. xcv. 2, ii. p. 525.
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