| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Montezuma's Daughter by H. Rider Haggard: looked most beautiful in them, and the council rose to greet us.
Otomie bade them be seated and addressed them thus:
'Hear me, you chiefs and captains of my mother's race, who am your
princess by right of blood, the last of your ancient rulers, and
who am moreover the daughter of Montezuma, Emperor of Anahuac, now
dead to us but living evermore in the Mansions of the Sun. First I
present to you this my husband, the lord Teule, to whom I was given
in marriage when he held the spirit of the god Tezcat, and whom,
when he had passed the altar of the god, being chosen by heaven to
aid us in our war, I wedded anew after the fashion of the earth,
and by the will of my royal brethren. Know, chiefs and captains,
Montezuma's Daughter |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Prince by Nicolo Machiavelli: and put to death. Meanwhile the Florentines had recovered San Miniato,
whereupon it seemed advisable to Castruccio to make peace, as it did
not appear to him that he was sufficiently secure at Lucca to leave
him. He approached the Florentines with the proposal of a truce, which
they readily entertained, for they were weary of the war, and desirous
of getting rid of the expenses of it. A treaty was concluded with them
for two years, by which both parties agreed to keep the conquests they
had made. Castruccio thus released from this trouble, turned his
attention to affairs in Lucca, and in order that he should not again
be subject to the perils from which he had just escaped, he, under
various pretences and reasons, first wiped out all those who by their
The Prince |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Rig Veda: among
the Gods,
Wise finisher of this holy rite:
4 The Son of Strength, the blessed, brightly shining One, Agni
whose
light is excellent.
May be by sacrifice win us in heaven the grace of Mitra, Varuna,
and
the Floods.
5 The mortal who hath ministered to Agni with oblation, fuel,
ritual
The Rig Veda |
