| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Nana, Miller's Daughter, Captain Burle, Death of Olivier Becaille by Emile Zola: almost sure of that.
"However, suppose you HAVE invited them, my good girl," murmured
Labordette, who was beginning to have his doubts. "Perhaps you were
a little elevated."
Then Nana fell a-laughing. It was quite possible; she really didn't
know. So then, since these gentlemen were on the spot, they had her
leave to come in. Everything was quietly arranged; several of the
newcomers found friends in the drawing room, and the scene ended in
handshakings. The little sickly looking light-haired man bore one
of the greatest names in France. Furthermore, the eleven announced
that others were to follow them, and, in fact, the door opened every
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Tanach: 1_Chronicles 25: 5 all these were the sons of Heman the king's seer in the things pertaining to God, to lift up the horn. And God gave to Heman fourteen sons and three daughters.
1_Chronicles 25: 6 All these were under the hands of their fathers for song in the house of the LORD, with cymbals, psalteries, and harps, for the service of the house of God, according to the direction of the king--Asaph, Jeduthun, and Heman.
1_Chronicles 25: 7 And the number of them, with their brethren that were instructed in singing unto the LORD, even all that were skilful, was two hundred fourscore and eight.
1_Chronicles 25: 8 And they cast lots ward against ward, as well the small as the great, the teacher as the scholar.
1_Chronicles 25: 9 Now the first lot came forth for Asaph to Joseph; the second to Gedaliah; he and his brethren and sons were twelve;
1_Chronicles 25: 10 The third to Zaccur, his sons and his brethren, twelve;
1_Chronicles 25: 11 The fourth to Izri, his sons and his brethren, twelve;
1_Chronicles 25: 12 The fifth to Nethaniah, his sons and his brethren, twelve;
1_Chronicles 25: 13 The sixth to Bukkiah, his sons and his brethren, twelve;
1_Chronicles 25: 14 The seventh to Jesarelah, his sons and his brethren, twelve;
The Tanach |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from On Horsemanship by Xenophon: in Corinth. He died in 354 B.C.
On Horsemanship advises the reader on how to buy
a good horse, and how to raise it to be either a
war horse or show horse. Xenophon ends with some
words on military equipment for a cavalryman.
PREPARER'S NOTE
This was typed from Dakyns' series, "The Works of Xenophon," a
four-volume set. The complete list of Xenophon's works (though
there is doubt about some of these) is:
Work Number of books
The Anabasis 7
On Horsemanship |
