| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Aeneid by Virgil: And now the goddess, exercis'd in ill,
Who watch'd an hour to work her impious will,
Ascends the roof, and to her crooked horn,
Such as was then by Latian shepherds borne,
Adds all her breath: the rocks and woods around,
And mountains, tremble at th' infernal sound.
The sacred lake of Trivia from afar,
The Veline fountains, and sulphureous Nar,
Shake at the baleful blast, the signal of the war.
Young mothers wildly stare, with fear possess'd,
And strain their helpless infants to their breast.
Aeneid |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Camille by Alexandre Dumas: being loved. This paper signed by his name has done me more good
than all the prescriptions of our great doctor.
This morning M. H. called. He seemed much embarrassed by the
delicate mission which M. Duval had intrusted to him. As a matter
of fact, he came to bring me three thousand francs from your
father. I wanted to refuse at first, but M. H. told me that my
refusal would annoy M. Duval, who had authorized him to give me
this sum now, and later on whatever I might need. I accepted it,
for, coming from your father, it could not be exactly taking
alms. If I am dead when you come back, show your father what I
have written for him, and tell him that in writing these lines
Camille |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Hiero by Xenophon: your ears are sealed, since no one cares to speak evil against a
monarch to his face.
[23] Cf. Cic. "pro Arch." 20, "Themistoclem illum dixisse aiunt cum ex
eo quaereretur, 'quod acroama aut cujus vocem libentissime
audiret': 'ejus, a quo sua virtus optime praedicaretur.'"
Then Hiero: And what pleasure do you suppose mere abstinence from evil
words implies, when it is an open secret that those silent persons are
cherishing all evil thoughts against the tyrant?[24] What mirth, do
you imagine, is to be extracted from their panegyrics who are
suspected of bestowing praise out of mere flattery?
[24] "One knows plainly that these dumb attendants stand there like
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