| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from From London to Land's End by Daniel Defoe: 6. Of Dr. Arthur Duck, a famed civilian, and well known by his
works among the learned advocates of Doctors' Commons.
7. Dr. John Moreman, of Southold, famous for being the first
clergyman in England who ventured to teach his parishioners the
Lord's Prayer, Creed, and Ten Commandments in the English tongue,
and reading them so publicly in the parish church of Mayenhennet in
this county, of which he was vicar.
8. Dr. John de Brampton, a man of great learning who flourished in
the reign of Henry VI., was famous for being the first that read
Aristotle publicly in the University of Cambridge, and for several
learned books of his writing, which are now lost.
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Rig Veda: supreme in our assembly.
6 Do thou, O Savitar, from heaven thrice hither, three times
a day,
send down thy blessings daily.
Send us, O Bhaga, triple wealth and treasure; cause the two
worlds to
prosper us, Preserver!
7 Savitar thrice from heaven pours down abundance, and the
fair-handed
Kings Varuna, Mitra;
And spacious Heaven and Earth, yea, and the Waters, solicit
The Rig Veda |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Art of War by Sun Tzu: commentary by the well-known Sung philosopher Chang Tsai.
5. SAN LUEH, in 3 CHUAN. Attributed to Huang-shih Kung, a
legendary personage who is said to have bestowed it on Chang
Liang (d. 187 B.C.) in an interview on a bridge. But here again,
the style is not that of works dating from the Ch`in or Han
period. The Han Emperor Kuang Wu [25-57 A.D.] apparently quotes
from it in one of his proclamations; but the passage in question
may have been inserted later on, in order to prove the
genuineness of the work. We shall not be far out if we refer it
to the Northern Sung period [420-478 A.D.], or somewhat earlier.
6. LI WEI KUNG WEN TUI, in 3 sections. Written in the form
The Art of War |
