| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from In Darkest England and The Way Out by General William Booth: hands are idle, for no one employs him. What are you to do with that
man? That is the great note of interrogation that confronts Society
to-day. Not only in overcrowded England, but in newer countries beyond
the sea, where Society has not yet provided a means by which the men
can be put upon the land and the land be made to feed the men.
To deal with this man is the Problem of the Unemployed. To deal with
him effectively you must deal with him immediately, you must provide
him in some way or other at once with food, and shelter, and warmth.
Next you must find him something to do, something that will test the
reality of his desire to work. This test must be more or less
temporary, and should be of such a nature as to prepare him for making
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Kenilworth by Walter Scott: accosted him decided his triumph in the eyes of his rival, and of
the assembled court of England. "Thou hast a prating servant of
this same Varney, my lord," she said; "it is lucky you trust him
with nothing that can hurt you in our opinion, for believe me, he
would keep no counsel."
"From your Highness," said Leicester, dropping gracefully on one
knee, "it were treason he should. I would that my heart itself
lay before you, barer than the tongue of any servant could strip
it."
"What, my lord," said Elizabeth, looking kindly upon him, "is
there no one little corner over which you would wish to spread a
Kenilworth |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Old Indian Legends by Zitkala-Sa: "Iya, the camp-eater, has come in the guise of a babe. Had you
gone to sleep, he would have jumped out into his own shape and
would have devoured our camp. He is a giant with spindling legs.
He cannot fight, for he cannot run. He is powerful only in the
night with his tricks. We are safe as soon as day breaks." Then
moving closer to the woman, he whispered: "If he wakes now, he will
swallow the whole tribe with one hideous gulp! Come, we must flee
with our people."
Thus creeping from teepee to teepee a secret alarm signal was
given. At midnight the teepees were gone and there was left no
sign of the village save heaps of dead ashes. So quietly had the
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