| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Laches by Plato: how they are, and have been, and will be produced, would he not be perfect,
and wanting in no virtue, whether justice, or temperance, or holiness? He
would possess them all, and he would know which were dangers and which were
not, and guard against them whether they were supernatural or natural; and
he would provide the good, as he would know how to deal both with gods or
men.
NICIAS: I think, Socrates, that there is a great deal of truth in what you
say.
SOCRATES: But then, Nicias, courage, according to this new definition of
yours, instead of being a part of virtue only, will be all virtue?
NICIAS: It would seem so.
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Little Rivers by Henry van Dyke: Paris?" Such courtesy is born in the blood, and is irresistible.
You cannot help returning the compliment and assuring him that his
English is remarkable, good enough for all practical purposes,
better than any of the other guides can speak. And so it is.
Francois is a little taller, a little thinner, and considerably
quieter than Ferdinand. He laughs loyally at his brother's jokes,
and sings the response to his songs, and wields a good second
paddle in the canoe.
Jean--commonly called Johnny--Morel is a tall, strong man of fifty,
with a bushy red beard that would do credit to a pirate. But when
you look at him more closely, you see that he has a clear, kind
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from A Voyage to Arcturus by David Lindsay: "My name, Maskull, is Spadevil. You, a voyager across the dark ocean
of space, shall be my first witness and follower. You, Tydomin, a
daughter of the despised sex, shall be my second."
"The new law? But what is it?"
"Until eye sees, of what use it is for ear to hear? .. .. Come, both
of you, to me!"
Tydomin went to him unhesitatingly. Spadevil pressed his hand on her
sorb and kept it there for a few minutes, while he closed his own
eyes. When he removed it, Maskull observed that the sorb was
transformed into twin membranes like Spadevil's own.
Tydomin looked dazed. She glanced quietly about for a little while,
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