| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Alcibiades I by Plato: did not know? Was not that said?
ALCIBIADES: Very true.
SOCRATES: Then, Alcibiades, the result may be expressed in the language of
Euripides. I think that you have heard all this 'from yourself, and not
from me'; nor did I say this, which you erroneously attribute to me, but
you yourself, and what you said was very true. For indeed, my dear fellow,
the design which you meditate of teaching what you do not know, and have
not taken any pains to learn, is downright insanity.
ALCIBIADES: But, Socrates, I think that the Athenians and the rest of the
Hellenes do not often advise as to the more just or unjust; for they see no
difficulty in them, and therefore they leave them, and consider which
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from A Voyage to Arcturus by David Lindsay: that radiated from them. This light, which started as pale gold,
ended as flaming golden fire. It illumined the whole underground
landscape. The rock ledges, the cliffs, himself and Corpang on their
knees, the two unlighted statues - all appeared as if in sunlight,
and the shadows were black and strongly defined. The light carried
heat with it, but a singular heat. Maskull was unaware of any rise
in temperature, but he felt his heart melting to womanish softness.
His male arrogance and egotism faded imperceptibly away; his
personality seemed to disappear. What was left behind was not
freedom of spirit or lightheartedness, but a passionate and nearly
savage mental state of pity and distress. He felt a tormenting
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Mansfield Park by Jane Austen: for your kind congratulations, as far as they relate to my
dearest William. The rest of your note I know means nothing;
but I am so unequal to anything of the sort, that I hope
you will excuse my begging you to take no farther notice.
I have seen too much of Mr. Crawford not to understand
his manners; if he understood me as well, he would,
I dare say, behave differently. I do not know what I write,
but it would be a great favour of you never to mention
the subject again. With thanks for the honour of your note,
I remain, dear Miss Crawford, etc., etc."
The conclusion was scarcely intelligible from increasing
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