| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from On Horsemanship by Xenophon: "H. A." viii. 24. 4.
[5] i.e. "in the early acute stages."
[6] Al. "and the mischief has spread."
But if food and exercise with a view to strengthening the horse's body
are matters of prime consideration, no less important is it to pay
attention to the feet. A stable with a damp and smooth floor will
spoil the best hoof which nature can give.[7] To prevent the floor
being damp, it should be sloped with channels; and to avoid
smoothness, paved with cobble stones sunk side by side in the ground
and similar in size to the horse's hoofs.[8] A stable floor of this
sort is calculated to strengthen the horse's feet by the mere pressure
On Horsemanship |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Troll Garden and Selected Stories by Willa Cather: persecutest thou me?"
A great joy dawned in Asa Skinner's pale face, for he saw that
Eric Hermannson was swaying to and fro in his seat. The minister
fell upon his knees and threw his long arms up over his head.
"O my brothers! I feel it coming, the blessing we have prayed
for. I tell you the Spirit is coming! just a little more prayer,
brothers, a little more zeal, and he will be here. I can feel his
cooling wing upon my brow. Glory be to God forever and ever,
amen!"
The whole congregation groaned under the pressure of this
spiritual panic. Shouts and hallelujahs went up from every lip.
The Troll Garden and Selected Stories |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Mansion by Henry van Dyke: admirably
organized that the details of its direction took but little time.
But the scores of other interests that radiated from it and were
dependent upon it--or perhaps it would be more accurate to say,
that contributed to its solidity and success--the many
investments,
industrial, political, benevolent, reformatory, ecclesiastical,
that had made the name of Weightman well known and potent in
city,
church, and state, demanded much attention and careful steering,
in order that each might produce the desired result. There were
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