| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell: one like her on any field. I'll take her to Virginia then. That's
where the real hunting is. And Kentucky where they appreciate good
riders."
When it came to making her riding habit, as usual she had her
choice of colors and as usual chose blue.
"But, my darling! Not that blue velvet! The blue velvet is for a
party dress for me," laughed Scarlett. "A nice black broadcloth is
what little girls wear." Seeing the small black brows coming
together: "For Heaven's sake, Rhett, tell her how unsuitable it
would be and how dirty it will get."
"Oh, let her have the blue velvet. If it gets dirty, we'll make
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Two Noble Kinsmen by William Shakespeare: PALAMON.
No more; the keeper's comming; I shall live
To knocke thy braines out with my Shackles.
ARCITE.
Doe.
KEEPER.
By your leave, Gentlemen--
PALAMON.
Now, honest keeper?
KEEPER.
Lord Arcite, you must presently to'th Duke;
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Phaedo by Plato: Any power which in arranging them as they are arranges them for the best
never enters into their minds; and instead of finding any superior strength
in it, they rather expect to discover another Atlas of the world who is
stronger and more everlasting and more containing than the good;--of the
obligatory and containing power of the good they think nothing; and yet
this is the principle which I would fain learn if any one would teach me.
But as I have failed either to discover myself, or to learn of any one
else, the nature of the best, I will exhibit to you, if you like, what I
have found to be the second best mode of enquiring into the cause.
I should very much like to hear, he replied.
Socrates proceeded:--I thought that as I had failed in the contemplation of
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