| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Caesar's Commentaries in Latin by Julius Caesar: defenderet, se Haeduorum iniurias non neglecturum.
Ad haec Ariovistus respondit: ius esse belli ut qui vicissent iis
quos vicissent quem ad modum vellent imperarent. Item populum Romanum
victis non ad alterius praescriptum, sed ad suum arbitrium imperare
consuesse. Si ipse populo Romano non praescriberet quem ad modum suo iure
uteretur, non oportere se a populo Romano in suo iure impediri. Haeduos
sibi, quoniam belli fortunam temptassent et armis congressi ac superati
essent, stipendiarios esse factos. Magnam Caesarem iniuriam facere, qui
suo adventu vectigalia sibi deteriora faceret. Haeduis se obsides
redditurum non esse neque his neque eorum sociis iniuria bellum inlaturum,
si in eo manerent quod convenisset stipendiumque quotannis penderent; si
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from A Voyage to Arcturus by David Lindsay: Chapter 15
SWALONE'S ISLAND
When he awoke, the day was not so bright, and he guessed it was late
afternoon. Polecrab and his wife were both on their feet, and
another meal of fish had been cooked and was waiting for him.
"Is it decided who is to go with me?" he asked, before sitting down.
"I go," said Gleameil.
"Do you agree, Polecrab?"
The fisherman growled a little in his throat and motioned to the
others to take their seats. He took a mouthful before answering.
"Something strong is attracting her, and I can't hold her back. I
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Eugenie Grandet by Honore de Balzac: but her cousin remained silent.
"Oh! you will not refuse?" cried Eugenie, the beatings of whose heart
could be heard in the deep silence.
Her cousin's hesitation mortified her; but the sore need of his
position came clearer still to her mind, and she knelt down.
"I will never rise till you have taken that gold!" she said. "My
cousin, I implore you, answer me! let me know if you respect me, if
you are generous, if--"
As he heard this cry of noble distress the young man's tears fell upon
his cousin's hands, which he had caught in his own to keep her from
kneeling. As the warm tears touched her, Eugenie sprang to the purse
Eugenie Grandet |
