| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Laches by Plato: the improvement of anybody. And if I had shown in this conversation that I
had a knowledge which Nicias and Laches have not, then I admit that you
would be right in inviting me to perform this duty; but as we are all in
the same perplexity, why should one of us be preferred to another? I
certainly think that no one should; and under these circumstances, let me
offer you a piece of advice (and this need not go further than ourselves).
I maintain, my friends, that every one of us should seek out the best
teacher whom he can find, first for ourselves, who are greatly in need of
one, and then for the youth, regardless of expense or anything. But I
cannot advise that we remain as we are. And if any one laughs at us for
going to school at our age, I would quote to them the authority of Homer,
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Secrets of the Princesse de Cadignan by Honore de Balzac: A Bachelor's Establishment
The Unconscious Humorists
Marsay, Henri de
The Thirteen
The Unconscious Humorists
Another Study of Woman
The Lily of the Valley
Father Goriot
Jealousies of a Country Town
Ursule Mirouet
A Marriage Settlement
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from 'Twixt Land & Sea by Joseph Conrad: at last.
"Oh, ya! The mate. Ya, ya! He is very well. But, mein Gott, he
is one very funny man!"
Jasper could get no explanation of that remark, because the
Dutchman got into the boat hurriedly, and went back on board the
brig. But he consoled himself with the thought that very soon all
this unpleasant and rather absurd experience would be over. The
roadstead of Makassar was in sight already. Heemskirk passed by
him going on the bridge. For the first time the lieutenant looked
at Jasper with marked intention; and the strange roll of his eyes
was so funny - it had been long agreed by Jasper and Freya that the
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