| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Anabasis by Xenophon: and property in Scillus, where he lived for many
years before having to move once more, to settle
in Corinth. He died in 354 B.C.
The Anabasis is his story of the march to Persia
to aid Cyrus, who enlisted Greek help to try and
take the throne from Artaxerxes, and the ensuing
return of the Greeks, in which Xenophon played a
leading role. This occurred between 401 B.C. and
March 399 B.C.
PREPARER'S NOTE
This was typed from Dakyns' series, "The Works of Xenophon," a
Anabasis |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Duchess of Padua by Oscar Wilde: [Kisses him.]
GUIDO
Methinks I am bold to look upon you thus:
The gentle violet hides beneath its leaf
And is afraid to look at the great sun
For fear of too much splendour, but my eyes,
O daring eyes! are grown so venturous
That like fixed stars they stand, gazing at you,
And surfeit sense with beauty.
DUCHESS
Dear love, I would
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Light of Western Stars by Zane Grey: feeling in him. Stillwell's smile was rapturous. Madeline leaned
toward Danny with her eyes shining.
"Miss Hammond, an' you, Bill Stillwell, now listen, for this is
strange I've got to tell you. The afternoon Bonita an' I were
married, when Gene an' the padre had gone, I was happy one minute
an' low-hearted the next. I was miserable because I had a bad
name. I couldn't buy even a decent dress for my pretty wife.
Bonita heard me, an' she was some mysterious. She told me the
story of the lost mine of the padres, an' she kissed me an made
joyful over me in the strangest way. I knew marriage went to
women's heads, an' I thought even Bonita had a spell.
The Light of Western Stars |
