| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Apology by Plato: sons were foals or calves, there would be no difficulty in finding some one
to put over them; we should hire a trainer of horses, or a farmer probably,
who would improve and perfect them in their own proper virtue and
excellence; but as they are human beings, whom are you thinking of placing
over them? Is there any one who understands human and political virtue?
You must have thought about the matter, for you have sons; is there any
one?' 'There is,' he said. 'Who is he?' said I; 'and of what country? and
what does he charge?' 'Evenus the Parian,' he replied; 'he is the man, and
his charge is five minae.' Happy is Evenus, I said to myself, if he really
has this wisdom, and teaches at such a moderate charge. Had I the same, I
should have been very proud and conceited; but the truth is that I have no
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Tanach: 1_Samuel 2: 2 There is none holy as the LORD, for there is none beside Thee; neither is there any rock like our God.
1_Samuel 2: 3 Multiply not exceeding proud talk; let not arrogancy come out of your mouth; for the LORD is a God of knowledge, and by Him actions are weighed.
1_Samuel 2: 4 The bows of the mighty men are broken, and they that stumbled are girded with strength.
1_Samuel 2: 5 They that were full have hired out themselves for bread; and they that were hungry have ceased; while the barren hath borne seven, she that had many children hath languished.
1_Samuel 2: 6 The LORD killeth, and maketh alive; He bringeth down to the grave, and bringeth up.
1_Samuel 2: 7 The LORD maketh poor, and maketh rich; He bringeth low, He also lifteth up.
1_Samuel 2: 8 He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, He lifteth up the needy from the dung-hill, to make them sit with princes, and inherit the throne of glory; for the pillars of the earth are the LORD'S, and He hath set the world upon them.
1_Samuel 2: 9 He will keep the feet of His holy ones, but the wicked shall be put to silence in darkness; for not by strength shall man prevail.
1_Samuel 2: 10 They that strive with the LORD shall be broken to pieces; against them will He thunder in heaven; the LORD will judge the ends of the earth; and He will give strength unto His king, and exalt the horn of His anointed.
The Tanach |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Paradise Lost by John Milton: Well pleased they slack their course, and many a league
Cheered with the grateful smell old Ocean smiles:
So entertained those odorous sweets the Fiend,
Who came their bane; though with them better pleased
Than Asmodeus with the fishy fume
That drove him, though enamoured, from the spouse
Of Tobit's son, and with a vengeance sent
From Media post to Egypt, there fast bound.
Now to the ascent of that steep savage hill
Satan had journeyed on, pensive and slow;
But further way found none, so thick entwined,
Paradise Lost |
