| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Alcibiades I by Plato: now by affirming that friendship exists when there is no agreement? How
can there be agreement about matters which the one party knows, and of
which the other is in ignorance?
ALCIBIADES: Impossible.
SOCRATES: And when individuals are doing their own work, are they doing
what is just or unjust?
ALCIBIADES: What is just, certainly.
SOCRATES: And when individuals do what is just in the state, is there no
friendship among them?
ALCIBIADES: I suppose that there must be, Socrates.
SOCRATES: Then what do you mean by this friendship or agreement about
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Court Life in China by Isaac Taylor Headland: youth. What now were the results?
The Imperial College in Shansi was opened with 300 students all
of whom had already taken the Chinese degree of Bachelor of Arts.
It had both Chinese and foreign departments, and after the
students had completed the first, they were allowed to pass on to
the second, which had six foreign professors who held diplomas
from Western colleges or universities, and a staff of six
translators of university textbooks into Chinese, superintended
by a foreigner. In 1901-2 ten provinces, under the wise
leadership of the Empress Dowager, opened colleges for the
support of which they raised not less than $400,000.
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Wyoming by William MacLeod Raine: thought sure you would."
But she could not bear that he should leave her so, and she cried
out after him. "Oh, I see it. I know you must go; but I can't
bear it." Her head buried itself in his coat. "It isn't right--it
isn't a--a square deal that you should go away now, the very
minute you belong to me."
A happy smile shone in his eyes. "I belong to you, do I? That's
good hearing, girl o' mine." His arm went round her and he
stroked the black head softly. "I'll not be gone long, dear.
Don't y'u worry about me. I'll be back with y'u soon; just as
soon as I have finished this piece of work I have to do."
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