| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Koran: obey me; and fear Him who hath given you an extent of cattle and sons,
and gardens and springs. Verily, I fear for you the torment of a
mighty day!'
They said, 'It is the same to us if thou admonish or art not of
those who do admonish; this is nothing but old folks' fictions, for we
shall not be tormented!'
And they called him liar! but we destroyed them. Verily, in that
is a sign, but most of them will never be believers. And, verily,
thy Lord is mighty, merciful.
Thamud called the apostles liars; when their brother Zali'h said
to them, 'Do ye not fear? verily, I am to you a faithful apostle; so
The Koran |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Cavalry General by Xenophon: yet how great the labour and how vast the sums expended![37] But we
must discover umpires of such high order that to win their verdict
will be as precious to the victor as victory itself.
[37] See "Hell." III. iv. 15; "Hiero," ix. 3; "Cyrop." I. vi. 18;
Martin, op. cit. p. 260 f.
II
Given, then, that your troopers are thoroughly trained in all the
above particulars, it is necessary, I presume, that they should
further be instructed in a type of evolution the effect of which will
show itself not only in the splendour of the great processions[1] in
honour of the gods, but in the manouvres of the exercising-ground; in
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Records of a Family of Engineers by Robert Louis Stevenson: eleven a.m. All hands being collected and just ready to
embark, as the water had nearly overflowed the rock, the
writer, in taking leave, after alluding to the harmony which
had ever marked the conduct of those employed on the Bell
Rock, took occasion to compliment the great zeal, attention,
and abilities of Mr. Peter Logan and Mr. Francis Watt,
foremen; Captain James Wilson, landing-master; and Captain
David Taylor, commander of the tender, who, in their several
departments, had so faithfully discharged the duties assigned
to them, often under circumstances the most difficult and
trying. The health of these gentlemen was drunk with much
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