| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Critias by Plato: the pursuits which we yesterday described as those of our imaginary
guardians. Concerning the country the Egyptian priests said what is not
only probable but manifestly true, that the boundaries were in those days
fixed by the Isthmus, and that in the direction of the continent they
extended as far as the heights of Cithaeron and Parnes; the boundary line
came down in the direction of the sea, having the district of Oropus on the
right, and with the river Asopus as the limit on the left. The land was
the best in the world, and was therefore able in those days to support a
vast army, raised from the surrounding people. Even the remnant of Attica
which now exists may compare with any region in the world for the variety
and excellence of its fruits and the suitableness of its pastures to every
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Salome by Oscar Wilde: blancs.
LE PAGE D'HERODIAS. Mais qu'est-ce que cela vous fait? Pourquoi la
regarder? Il ne faut pas la regarder . . . Il peut arriver un
malheur.
LE CAPPADOCIEN [montrant la citerne] Quelle etrange prison!
SECOND SOLDAT. C'est une ancienne citerne.
LE CAPPADOCIEN. Une ancienne citerne! cela doit etre tres malsain.
SECOND SOLDAT. Mais non. Par exemple, le frere du tetrarque, son
frere aine, le premier mari de la reine Herodias, a ete enferme le-
dedans pendant douze annees. Il n'en est pas mort. A la fin il a
fallu l'etrangler.
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Mansion by Henry van Dyke: you please.
I never interfere with your private affairs."
"Thank you," said Harold. "Thank you very much! But there's
another
private affair. I want to get away from this life, this town,
this house.
It stifles me. You refused last summer when I asked you to let
me
go up to Grenfell's Mission on the Labrador. I could go now,
at least as far as the Newfoundland Station. Have you changed
your mind?"
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