| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Agesilaus by Xenophon: of better followers.
[4] See "Hell." IV. i. 15; Plut. "Apophth. Lac." p. 777; Grote, "H.
G." x. 402.
And this, in proof of mental forecast, I must needs praise in him.
Holding to the belief that the more satraps there were who revolted
from the king the surer the gain to Hellas, he did not suffer himself
to be seduced, either by gifts or by the mightiness in his power, to
be drawn into bonds of friendship with the king, but took precaution
rather not to abuse their confidence who were willing to revolt.
And lastly, as beyond all controversy admirable, note this contrast:
First, the Persian, who, believing that in the multitude of his riches
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Master Key by L. Frank Baum: through the air.
He soon came to a stop, however, and saw that another of the monsters
had come upon him from the rear and was now, with its mate, circling
closely around him, while both uttered continuously their hoarse,
savage cries.
Rob wondered why the Garment of Repulsion had not protected him from
the blow of the bird's wing; but, as a matter of fact, it had
protected him. For it was not the wing itself but the force of the
eddying currents of air that had sent him whirling away from the
monster. With the indicator at zero the magnetic currents and the
opposing powers of attraction and repulsion were so evenly balanced
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Symposium by Xenophon: doubts, believe and know that this thing of which I make great boast,
my beauty, has power to confer some benefit on humankind.
Once more, let no man dare dishonour beauty, merely because the flower
of it soon fades, since even as a child has growth in beauty, so is it
with the stripling, the grown man, the reverend senior.[30] And this
the proof of my contention. Whom do we choose to bear the sacred
olive-shoot[31] in honour of Athena?--whom else save beautiful old
men? witnessing thereby[32] that beauty walks hand in hand as a
companion with every age of life, from infancy to eld.
[30] Cf. ib. III. iii. 12.
[31] Cf. Aristoph. "Wasps," 544.
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