| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Sportsman by Xenophon: dog-days"; "at the rising of the dog-star."
[22] See Pollux, ib. 59; Arrian, vi. 1.
As to the colour proper for a hound,[23] it should not be simply
tawny, nor absolutely black or white, which is not a sign of breeding,
but monotonous--a simplicity suggestive of the wild animal.[24]
Accordingly the red dog should show a bloom of white hair about the
muzzle, and so should the black, the white commonly showing red. On
the top of the thigh the hair should be straight and thick, as also on
the loins and on the lower portion of the stern, but of a moderate
thickness only on the upper parts.
[23] See Stonehenge, p. 25; Darwin, op. cit. ii. 109.
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Of The Nature of Things by Lucretius: In like proportion, as our frames increase
In like proportion with our blood, as well
As sweat or any moisture in our members.
Besides, the clouds take in from time to time
Much moisture risen from the broad marine,-
Whilst the winds bear them o'er the mighty sea,
Like hanging fleeces of white wool. Thuswise,
Even from all rivers is there lifted up
Moisture into the clouds. And when therein
The seeds of water so many in many ways
Have come together, augmented from all sides,
Of The Nature of Things |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from 1984 by George Orwell: flesh was darkening. His mouth had swollen into a shapeless cherry-coloured
mass with a black hole in the middle of it.
From time to time a little blood dripped on to the breast of his overalls.
His grey eyes still flitted from face to face, more guiltily than ever,
as though he were trying to discover how much the others despised him for
his humiliation.
The door opened. With a small gesture the officer indicated the
skull-faced man.
'Room 101,' he said.
There was a gasp and a flurry at Winston's side. The man had actually
flung himself on his knees on the floor, with his hand clasped together.
1984 |
