| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Psychology of Revolution by Gustave le Bon: The outward life of men in every age is moulded upon an inward
life consisting of a framework of traditions, sentiments, and
moral influences which direct their conduct and maintain certain
fundamental notions which they accept without discussion.
Let the resistance of this social framework weaken, and ideas
which could have had no force before will germinate and develop.
Certain theories whose success was enormous at the time of the
Revolution would have encountered an impregnable wall two
centuries earlier.
The aim of these considerations is to recall to the reader the
fact that the outward events of revolutions are always a
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Spirit of the Border by Zane Grey: his white foe. Christian or pagan, he would not speak one word to save his
life.
"Oh! tell him you are a Christian," cried Nell, running to the chief.
"Yellow-hair, the Delaware is true to his race."
As he spoke gently to Nell a noble dignity shone upon his dark face.
"Injun, my back bears the scars of your braves' whips," hissed Wetzel, once
more advancing.
"Deathwind, your scars are deep, but the Delaware's are deeper," came the calm
reply. "Wingenund's heart bears two scars. His son lies under the moss and
ferns; Deathwind killed him; Deathwind alone knows his grave. Wingenund's
daughter, the delight of his waning years, freed the Delaware's great foe, and
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from On Horsemanship by Xenophon: the annoyance; and once on his back you should sit quiet for longer
than the ordinary time, and so urge him forward by the gentlest signs
possible; next, beginning at the slowest pace, gradually work him into
a quicker step, but so gradually that he will find himself at full
speed without noticing it.[1] Any sudden signal will bewilder a
spirited horse, just as a man is bewildered by any sudden sight or
sound or other experience. [I say one should be aware that any
unexpected shock will produce disturbance in a horse.][2]
[1] Or, "so that the horse may insensibly fall into a gallop."
[2] L. Dindorf and others bracket, as spurious.
So if you wish to pull up a spirited horse when breaking off into a
On Horsemanship |
