| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Euthydemus by Plato: yet to have reached the point at which he asserts 'that there are no
teachers.' Such grounds are precarious, as arguments from style and plan
are apt to be (Greek). But no arguments equally strong can be urged in
favour of assigning to the Euthydemus any other position in the series.
EUTHYDEMUS
by
Plato
Translated by Benjamin Jowett
PERSONS OF THE DIALOGUE:
Socrates, who is the narrator of the Dialogue.
Crito, Cleinias, Euthydemus, Dionysodorus, Ctesippus.
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Lesson of the Master by Henry James: read you this afternoon."
"Then you see how right I was in this particular case not to
believe Miss Fancourt."
"How right? how can I agree to that when I lost credit by it?"
"Do you wish to pass exactly for what she represents you?
Certainly you needn't be afraid," Paul said.
"Ah, my dear young man, don't talk about passing - for the likes of
me! I'm passing away - nothing else than that. She has a better
use for her young imagination (isn't it fine?) than in
'representing' in any way such a weary wasted used-up animal!" The
Master spoke with a sudden sadness that produced a protest on
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Droll Stories, V. 1 by Honore de Balzac: their importunate matters patient, when the said lady reappeared in
the room. You can believe they found her beautiful and graceful, and
would willingly have kissed her, there where they so longed to go; and
never did they salute the day with more favour than this lady, the
liberator of the poor unfortunate bodies. La Balue rose; the others,
from honour, esteem, and reverence of the church, gave way to the
clergy, and, biding their time, they continued to make grimaces, at
which the king laughed to himself with Nicole, who aided him to stop
the respiration of these loose-bowelled gentlemen. The good Scotch
captain, who more than all the others had eaten of a dish in which the
cook had put an aperient powder, became the victim of misplaced
Droll Stories, V. 1 |
