| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Phaedrus by Plato: blows of the whip, plunges and runs away, giving all manner of trouble to
his companion and the charioteer, whom he forces to approach the beloved
and to remember the joys of love. They at first indignantly oppose him and
will not be urged on to do terrible and unlawful deeds; but at last, when
he persists in plaguing them, they yield and agree to do as he bids them.
And now they are at the spot and behold the flashing beauty of the beloved;
which when the charioteer sees, his memory is carried to the true beauty,
whom he beholds in company with Modesty like an image placed upon a holy
pedestal. He sees her, but he is afraid and falls backwards in adoration,
and by his fall is compelled to pull back the reins with such violence as
to bring both the steeds on their haunches, the one willing and
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Macbeth by William Shakespeare: La. My worthy Lord
Your Noble Friends do lacke you
Macb. I do forget:
Do not muse at me my most worthy Friends,
I haue a strange infirmity, which is nothing
To those that know me. Come, loue and health to all,
Then Ile sit downe: Giue me some Wine, fill full:
Enter Ghost.
I drinke to th' generall ioy o'th' whole Table,
And to our deere Friend Banquo, whom we misse:
Would he were heere: to all, and him we thirst,
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The White Moll by Frank L. Packard: keep mum an' see me through!"
"Yes, Nan" - Rhoda Gray's eyes smiled reassurance -"I swear it.
But you will be all right again in the morning."
"Will I? You think so, do you? Well, I can only say that I wish
I did!"
Rhoda Gray leaned sharply forward, staring in amazement at the
figure on the bed. The woman's voice was the same, it was still
hoarse, still heavy, and the words came with painful effort; but
the English was suddenly perfect now.
"Nan, what is it? I don't understand!" she said tensely. "What
do you mean?"
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