| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Economist by Xenophon: Zeus Soter. See Plut. "Dem." 859 (Clough, v. 30).
Nor would you see me now so sitting, Socrates (he answered), but that
I promised to meet some strangers, friends of mine,[2] at this place.
[2] "Foreign friends."
And when you have no such business on hand (I said) where in heaven's
name do you spend your time and how do you employ yourself? I will not
conceal from you how anxious I am to learn from your lips by what
conduct you have earned for yourself the title "beautiful and
good."[3] It is not by spending your days indoors at home, I am sure;
the whole habit of your body bears witness to a different sort of
life.
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Nada the Lily by H. Rider Haggard: chief of the Halakazi asking the Lily in marriage, and the chief of
the Halakazi sent back insolent words, saying that the Beauty of the
Earth should be given to no Zulu dog as a wife. Then Dingaan was
angry, and he would have gathered his impis and sent them against the
Halakazi to destroy them, and bring him the maid, but I held him back
from it, saying that now was no time to begin a new war; and it is for
this cause that Dingaan hates me, he is so set upon the plucking of
the Swazi Lily. Do you understand now, Umslopogaas?"
"Something," he answered. "But speak clearly."
"Wow, Umslopogaas! Half words are better than whole ones in this land
of ours. Listen, then! This is my plan: that you should fall upon the
Nada the Lily |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Cousin Betty by Honore de Balzac: "Very good--I have scored two," replied the Mayor.
"How long will it take you?"
"Ten minutes," said Marneffe.
"It is eleven o'clock," replied Valerie. "Really, Monsieur Crevel, one
might fancy you meant to kill my husband. Make haste, at any rate."
This double-barreled speech made Crevel and Hulot smile, and even
Marneffe himself. Valerie sat down to talk to Hector.
"You must leave, my dearest," said she in Hulot's ear. "Walk up and
down the Rue Vanneau, and come in again when you see Crevel go out."
"I would rather leave this room and go into your room through the
dressing-room door. You could tell Reine to let me in."
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