| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Vendetta by Honore de Balzac: him; he tried to walk, but he had no strength in his legs. He returned
to his seat and rang the bell.
"Pietro," he said, at last, to the footman, "light the fire; I am
cold."
Ginevra trembled, and looked at her father anxiously. The struggle
within him must have been horrible, for his face was distorted.
Ginevra knew the extent of the peril before her, but she did not
flinch. Bartolomeo, meanwhile, cast furtive glances at his daughter,
as if he feared a character whose violence was the work of his own
hands.
Between such natures all things must be extreme. The certainty of some
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Alcibiades II by Platonic Imitator: senses; or is there some third or intermediate condition, in which he is
neither one nor the other?
ALCIBIADES: Decidedly not.
SOCRATES: He must be either sane or insane?
ALCIBIADES: So I suppose.
SOCRATES: Did you not acknowledge that madness was the opposite of
discretion?
ALCIBIADES: Yes.
SOCRATES: And that there is no third or middle term between discretion and
indiscretion?
ALCIBIADES: True.
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Rig Veda: 14 For of one spirit are the Gods with mortal man, co-sharers
all of
gracious gifts.
May they increase our strength hereafter and to-day, providing
case
and ample room.
15 I laud you, O ye Guileless Gods, here where we meet to render
praise.
None, Varuna and Mitra, harins the mortal, man who honours
and obeys
your laws.
The Rig Veda |
