| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Plutarch's Lives by A. H. Clough: in luxury, by his mother Agesistrata and his grandmother
Archidamia, who were the wealthiest of the Lacedaemonians, yet
before the age of twenty, he renounced all indulgence in
pleasures. Withdrawing himself as far as possible from the
gaiety and ornament which seemed becoming to the grace of his
person, he made it his pride to appear in the coarse Spartan
coat. In his meals, his bathings, and in all his exercises, he
followed the old Laconian usage, and was often heard to say, he
had no desire for the place of king, if he did not hope by means
of that authority to restore their ancient laws and discipline.
The Lacedaemonians might date the beginning of their corruption
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Travels and Researches in South Africa by Dr. David Livingstone: formerly alight@mercury.interpath.net). To assure a high quality text,
the original was typed in (manually) twice and electronically compared.
[Note on text: Italicized words or phrases are CAPITALIZED.
Some obvious errors have been corrected.]
Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa.
Also called, Travels and Researches in South Africa;
or, Journeys and Researches in South Africa.
By David Livingstone [British (Scot) Missionary and Explorer--1813-1873.]
David Livingstone was born in Scotland, received his medical degree
from the University of Glasgow, and was sent to South Africa
by the London Missionary Society. Circumstances led him to try to meet
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Shadow Line by Joseph Conrad: "What do you think? Is it any use?"
"My goodness! He has asked for you twice to-
day."
This emphatic He was the supreme authority,
the Marine Superintendent, the Harbour-Master
--a very great person in the eyes of every single
quill-driver in the room. But that was nothing to
the opinion he had of his own greatness.
Captain Ellis looked upon himself as a sort of
divine (pagan) emanation, the deputy-Neptune for
the circumambient seas. If he did not actually
The Shadow Line |
