| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Catherine de Medici by Honore de Balzac: Bourbons, who were all extremely poor and were now crushed down by the
contempt which the Connetable de Montmorency's treachery brought upon
them, in spite of the fact that the latter had thought best to fly the
kingdom.
The Vidame de Chartres--who was to the first Prince de Conde what
Richelieu was to Mazarin, his father in policy, his model, and, above
all, his master in gallantry--concealed the excessive ambition of his
house beneath an external appearance of light-hearted gaiety. Unable
during the reign of Henri II. to make head against the Guises, the
Montmorencys, the Scottish princes, the cardinals, and the Bouillons,
he distinguished himself by his graceful bearing, his manners, his
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Parmenides by Plato: the one, into parts equal to the one; the one is never wanting to being, or
being to the one, but being two they are co-equal and co-extensive.
Certainly that is true.
The one itself, then, having been broken up into parts by being, is many
and infinite?
True.
Then not only the one which has being is many, but the one itself
distributed by being, must also be many?
Certainly.
Further, inasmuch as the parts are parts of a whole, the one, as a whole,
will be limited; for are not the parts contained by the whole?
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from A Legend of Montrose by Walter Scott: which, on all points, his mysticism excepted, formed the ground
of his character, prevented his proving an annoyance and terror
to the whole neighbourhood. But Annot had no time to dwell upon
her fears, being interrupted by the entrance of Sir Dugald
Dalgetty.
It may well be supposed, that the scenes in which this person had
passed his former life, had not much qualified him to shine in
female society. He himself felt a sort of consciousness that the
language of the barrack, guard-room, and parade, was not proper
to entertain ladies. The only peaceful part of his life had been
spent at Mareschal-College, Aberdeen; and he had forgot the
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