The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Marvelous Land of Oz by L. Frank Baum: pavement glittered with precious stones, and it was indeed a grand and
marvelous sight to one who beheld it for the first time.
However, the Pumpkinhead and the Saw-Horse,
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knowing nothing of wealth and beauty, paid little attention to the wonderful
sights they saw through their green spectacles. They calmly followed after
the green soldier and scarcely noticed the crowds of green people who stared
at them in surprise. When a green dog ran out and barked at them the Saw-
Horse promptly kicked at it with its wooden leg and sent the little animal
howling into one of the houses; but nothing more serious than this happened
to interrupt their progress to the royal palace.
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Charmides by Plato: 3. The 'Ideas' of Plato and Modern Philosophy.
4. The myths of Plato.
5. The relation of the Republic, Statesman and Laws.
6. The legend of Atlantis.
7. Psychology.
8. Comparison of the Laws of Plato with Spartan and Athenian Laws and
Institutions.
CHARMIDES.
INTRODUCTION.
The subject of the Charmides is Temperance or (Greek), a peculiarly Greek
notion, which may also be rendered Moderation (Compare Cic. Tusc. '(Greek),
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Man in Lower Ten by Mary Roberts Rinehart: I looked down between the rows of tables to where the woman sat
alone, her chin still resting on her hand, her black eyes still
insolently staring, this time at me.
"I'll have to go," I said to McKnight hurriedly. "She knows all
about that affair and she'd be a bad enemy."
"I don't like her lamps," McKnight observed, after a glance at her.
"Better jolly her a little. Good-by."
CHAPTER XX
THE NOTES AND A BARGAIN
I went back slowly to where the woman sat alone.
She smiled rather oddly as I drew near, and pointed to the chair
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