| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Economist by Xenophon: merely to support him.[10] The art of husbandry, I say, is not so ill
to learn and cross-grained; but by watching labourers in the field, by
listening to what they say, you will have straightway knowledge enough
to teach another, should the humour take you. I imagine, Socrates (he
added), that you yourself, albeit quite unconscious of the fact,
already know a vast amount about the subject. The fact is, other
craftsmen (the race, I mean, in general of artists) are each and all
disposed to keep the most important[11] features of their several arts
concealed: with husbandry it is different. Here the man who has the
most skill in planting will take most pleasure in being watched by
others; and so too the most skilful sower. Ask any question you may
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Wyoming by William MacLeod Raine: given up. We must keep up our courage, too."
"Yes, ma'am, but this is the first gentleman friend I ever had
hanged, and--" She broke off, sobbing, leaving the rest as a
guess.
Helen filled it out aloud. "And you were going to say that you
care more for him than any of the others. Well, you must stop
coquetting and tell him so when we have saved him."
"Yes, ma'am," agreed Nora, very repentant for the moment of the
fact that it was her nature to play with the hearts of those of
the male persuasion. Immediately she added: "He was THAT kind,
ma'am, tender-hearted."
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Georgics by Virgil: Within the stalls, and snakes of noxious smell
With fumes of galbanum to drive away.
Oft under long-neglected cribs, or lurks
A viper ill to handle, that hath fled
The light in terror, or some snake, that wont
'Neath shade and sheltering roof to creep, and shower
Its bane among the cattle, hugs the ground,
Fell scourge of kine. Shepherd, seize stakes, seize stones!
And as he rears defiance, and puffs out
A hissing throat, down with him! see how low
That cowering crest is vailed in flight, the while,
Georgics |
