| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Whirligigs by O. Henry: yellow shoes and crocheted four-in-hand. I met him
once when I rode in for the mail. He said his name was
Beverly Travers, which seemed rather improbable.
There were active times on the ranch, just then, and
Sam was too busy to go to town often. As an incom-
petent and generally worthless guest, it devolved upon
me to ride in for little things such as post cards, barrels
of flour, baking-powder, smoking-tobacco, and -- letters
from Ella.
One day, when I was messenger for half a gross of
cigarette papers and a couple of wagon tires, I saw the
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Tanach: 2_Samuel 1: 21 Ye mountains of Gilboa, let there be no dew nor rain upon you, neither fields of choice fruits; for there the shield of the mighty was vilely cast away, the shield of Saul, not anointed with oil.
2_Samuel 1: 22 From the blood of the slain, from the fat of the mighty, the bow of Jonathan turned not back, and the sword of Saul returned not empty.
2_Samuel 1: 23 Saul and Jonathan, the lovely and the pleasant in their lives, even in their death they were not divided; they were swifter than eagles, they were stronger than lions.
2_Samuel 1: 24 Ye daughters of Israel, weep over Saul, who clothed you in scarlet, with other delights, who put ornaments of gold upon your apparel.
2_Samuel 1: 25 How are the mighty fallen in the midst of the battle! Jonathan upon thy high places is slain!
2_Samuel 1: 26 I am distressed for thee, my brother Jonathan; very pleasant hast thou been unto me; wonderful was thy love to me, passing the love of women.
2_Samuel 1: 27 How are the mighty fallen, and the weapons of war perished!
2_Samuel 2: 1 And it came to pass after this, that David inquired of the LORD, saying: 'Shall I go up into any of the cities of Judah?' And the LORD said unto him: 'Go up.' And David said: 'Whither shall I go up?' And He said: 'Unto Hebron.'
2_Samuel 2: 2 So David went up thither, and his two wives also, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite.
The Tanach |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Philebus by Plato: Plato conceives beauty under the idea of proportion.
4. Last and highest in the list of principles or elements is the cause of
the union of the finite and infinite, to which Plato ascribes the order of
the world. Reasoning from man to the universe, he argues that as there is
a mind in the one, there must be a mind in the other, which he identifies
with the royal mind of Zeus. This is the first cause of which 'our
ancestors spoke,' as he says, appealing to tradition, in the Philebus as
well as in the Timaeus. The 'one and many' is also supposed to have been
revealed by tradition. For the mythical element has not altogether
disappeared.
Some characteristic differences may here be noted, which distinguish the
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