| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Finished by H. Rider Haggard: covered with wire netting to keep out buck. By the gate squatted
our three retainers, looking very blown and rather ashamed of
themselves.
"Your master wishes to thank you for your help in a dark hour,
Footsack, and I wish to congratulate you all upon the swiftness
of your feet," I said in Dutch.
"Oh! Baas, the Basutos were many and their spears are sharp," he
began apologetically.
"Be silent, you running dog," I said, "and go help your master to
dismount."
Then we went through the gate, Anscombe leaning on my shoulder
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Hellenica by Xenophon: and lastly, within three months of his return, he set sail for Andros,
which had revolted from Athens.
The generals chosen to co-operate with him on land were Aristocrates
and Adeimantus, the son of Leucophilides. He disembarked his troops on
the island of Andros at Gaurium, and routed the Andrian citizens who
sallied out from the town to resist the invader; forcing them to
return and keep close within their walls, though the number who fell
was not large. This defeat was shared by some Lacedaemonians who were
in the place. Alcibiades erected a trophy, and after a few days set
sail himself for Samos, which became his base of operations in the
future conduct of the war.
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Father Sergius by Leo Tolstoy: for him. He was oppressed and wearied by visitors, but at the
bottom of his heart he was glad of their presence and glad of the
praise they heaped upon him.
There was a time when he decided to go away and hide. He even
planned all that was necessary for that purpose. He prepared for
himself a peasant's shirt, trousers, coat, and cap. He explained
that he wanted these to give to those who asked. And he kept
these clothes in his cell, planning how he would put them on, cut
his hair short, and go away. First he would go some three
hundred versts by train, then he would leave the train and walk
from village to village. He asked an old man who had been a
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