| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Bucolics by Virgil: "Draw from the town, my songs, draw Daphnis home.
These triple threads of threefold colour first
I twine about thee, and three times withal
Around these altars do thine image bear:
Uneven numbers are the god's delight.
"Draw from the town, my songs, draw Daphnis home.
Now, Amaryllis, ply in triple knots
The threefold colours; ply them fast, and say
This is the chain of Venus that I ply.
"Draw from the town, my songs, draw Daphnis home.
As by the kindling of the self-same fire
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Polity of Athenians and Lacedaemonians by Xenophon: the leading column of the first army corps[12] and wheels to the right
until he has got into position with two army corps and two generals of
division on either flank. The disposition of the supports is assigned
to the eldest of the royal council[13] (or staff corps) acting as
brigadier--the staff consisting of all peers who share the royal mess
and quarters, with the soothsayers, surgeons,[14] and pipers, whose
place is in the front of the troops,[15] with, finally, any volunteers
who happen to be present. So that there is no check or hesitation in
anything to be done; every contingency is provided for.
[11] Or, "who are on scouting duty. If, however, they expect a
battle," etc.
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Pool of Blood in the Pastor's Study by Grace Isabel Colbron and Augusta Groner: "No, not only for that reason," continued No. 302. "Gyuri needed
money again. He ordered me to bring him the silver candlesticks
off the altar."
"Murder and sacrilege," said the detective calmly. "No, I did not
rob the church. When I had buried the reverend gentleman I heard
the cock crowing. I was afraid I might get home here too late and
I forgot the candlesticks. I had to stop to wash my hands in the
brook. While I was there I saw shepherd Janci coming along and I
hid behind the willows. He almost discovered me once, but Janci's
a dreamer, he sees things nobody else sees - and he doesn't see
things that everybody else does see. I couldn't help laughing at
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