| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Symposium by Xenophon: things worthy of contemplation,[66] and to drink in with my ears all
charming sounds. And what I value most, freedom to spend whole days in
pure scholastic intercourse[67] with Socrates, to whom I am
devoted.[68] And he, on his side, is not the person to admire those
whose tale of gold and silver happens to be the largest, but those who
are well-pleasing to him he chooses for companions, and will consort
with to the end.
[65] See Eur. "Ion," 601. Lit. "at every moment I command it."
[66] "To gaze upon all fairest shows (like a spectator in the
theatre), and to drink in sounds most delectable." So Walt
Whitman.
The Symposium |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Mad King by Edgar Rice Burroughs: strategic purposes it must have Lutha. It will trample you
under foot to gain its end, and then it will cast Peter of
Blentz aside. You have insinuated, sire, that I am ambitious.
I am. I am ambitious to maintain the integrity and freedom
of Lutha.
"For three hundred years the Von der Tanns have labored
and fought for the welfare of Lutha. It was a Von der Tann
that put the first Rubinroth king upon the throne of Lutha.
To the last they were loyal to the former dynasty while
that dynasty was loyal to Lutha. Only when the king at-
tempted to sell the freedom of his people to a powerful
The Mad King |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Master Key by L. Frank Baum: and, with a steady and remarkably swift flight, began his journey.
"Here goes," he remarked, with a sense of exaltation, "for another week
of adventure! I wonder what'll happen between now and next Saturday."
10. How Rob Served a Mighty King
The new traveling machine was a distinct improvement over the old one,
for it carried Rob with wonderful speed across the broad Atlantic.
He fell asleep soon after starting, and only wakened when the sun was
high in the heavens. But he found himself whirling along at a good
rate, with the greenish shimmer of the peaceful ocean waves spread
beneath him far beyond his range of vision.
Being in the track of the ocean steamers it was not long before he
The Master Key |
