| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Tin Woodman of Oz by L. Frank Baum: I've not felt like myself since that hungry Hip-po ate
my last straw."
Polychrome and Woot set to work removing the hay and
then they selected the finest straw, crisp and golden,
and with it stuffed the Scarecrow anew. He certainly
looked better after the operation, and he was so
pleased at being reformed that he tried to dance a
little jig, and almost succeeded.
"I shall sleep under the straw-stack tonight," Woot
decided, after he had eaten some of the vegetables from
the garden, and in fact he slept very well, with the
The Tin Woodman of Oz |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Symposium by Plato: is requested to appease. Alcibiades then insists that they shall drink,
and has a large wine-cooler filled, which he first empties himself, and
then fills again and passes on to Socrates. He is informed of the nature
of the entertainment; and is ready to join, if only in the character of a
drunken and disappointed lover he may be allowed to sing the praises of
Socrates:--
He begins by comparing Socrates first to the busts of Silenus, which have
images of the gods inside them; and, secondly, to Marsyas the flute-player.
For Socrates produces the same effect with the voice which Marsyas did with
the flute. He is the great speaker and enchanter who ravishes the souls of
men; the convincer of hearts too, as he has convinced Alcibiades, and made
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Rig Veda: been
adorned,
Making the milk, as 'twere, his robe.
6 O'er the fine fingers, through desire of milk, in winding
course he
goes,
And utters voice which he hath found.
7 The nimble fingers have approached, adorning him the Lord
of
Strength:
They grasp the vigorous Courser's back.
The Rig Veda |
