| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Baby Mine by Margaret Mayo: "Oh, he's sure to come back!" answered Aggie, with a confident
air. "He'll take the first train, home."
"I believe he will," assented Zoie joyfully. All her clouds were
again dispelled. "Aggie," she cried impulsively, "you are a
darling. You have just saved my life." And she clasped her arms
so tightly around Aggie's neck that her friend was in danger of
being suffocated.
Releasing herself Aggie continued with a ruffled collar and
raised vanity: "You can write him an insinuating letter now and
then, just to lead up to the good news gradually."
Zoie tipped her small head to one side and studied her friend
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Polity of Athenians and Lacedaemonians by Xenophon: slave. It desires to be free and to be master.[18] As to bad
legislation it does not concern itself about that.[19] In fact, what
you believe to be bad legislation is the very source of the People's
strength and freedom. But if you seek for good legislation, in the
first place you will see the cleverest members of the community laying
down the laws for the rest. And in the next place, the better class
will curb and chastise the lower orders; the better class will
deliberate in behalf of the state, and not suffer crack-brained
fellows to sit in council, or to speak or vote in Parliament.[20] No
doubt; but under the weight of such blessings the People will in a
very short time be reduced to slavery.
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Jerusalem Delivered by Torquato Tasso: Wandered far off, alas, as chance him led.
XXIII
He followed on the footsteps he had traced,
Till in high woods and forests old he came,
Where bushes, thorns and trees so thick were placed,
And so obscure the shadows of the same,
That soon he lost the tract wherein he paced;
Yet went he on, which way he could not aim,
But still attentive was his longing ear
If noise of horse or noise of arms he hear.
XXIV
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