| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde: JACK. We are. [Clasps hands with ALGERNON.]
CECILY. They have moments of physical courage of which we women
know absolutely nothing.
GWENDOLEN. [To JACK.] Darling!
ALGERNON. [To CECILY.] Darling! [They fall into each other's
arms.]
[Enter MERRIMAN. When he enters he coughs loudly, seeing the
situation.]
MERRIMAN. Ahem! Ahem! Lady Bracknell!
JACK. Good heavens!
[Enter LADY BRACKNELL. The couples separate in alarm. Exit
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Agesilaus by Xenophon: fathers, nor newly-acquired in place of ancient friends, nor base
gains ingloriously purchased rather than the perilous pursuit of
honour and uprightness.[16]
[15] Cf. Hor. "Od." III. v. 50.
[16] See Pindar, "Olymp." vi. 14.
And, indeed, glancing back at the whole period during which he
remained in the exercise of his authority, no act of deeper
significance in proof of his kingly qualities need be named than this.
He found the cities which he was sent out to govern each and all a
prey to factions, the result of constitutional disturbances consequent
on the cessation of the Athenian empire, and without resort to exile
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Black Beauty by Anna Sewell: and I felt that I was not the horse that I had been.
Grant said at once that he would take Hotspur, and there were
men on the stand who would have bought me; but Jerry said I should not go
to cab work again with just anybody, and the governor promised
to find a place for me where I should be comfortable.
The day came for going away. Jerry had not been allowed to go out yet,
and I never saw him after that New Year's eve. Polly and the children came
to bid me good-by. "Poor old Jack! dear old Jack! I wish we could
take you with us," she said, and then laying her hand on my mane
she put her face close to my neck and kissed me. Dolly was crying
and kissed me too. Harry stroked me a great deal, but said nothing,
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