| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Philebus by Plato: are not encouraging individuals to make right or wrong for themselves, but
only conceding that they may choose the form under which they prefer to
contemplate them. Nor do we say that one of these aspects is as true and
good as another; but that they all of them, if they are not mere sophisms
and illusions, define and bring into relief some part of the truth which
would have been obscure without their light. Why should we endeavour to
bind all men within the limits of a single metaphysical conception? The
necessary imperfection of language seems to require that we should view the
same truth under more than one aspect.
We are living in the second age of utilitarianism, when the charm of
novelty and the fervour of the first disciples has passed away. The
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from All's Well That Ends Well by William Shakespeare: To buy his will, it would not seem too dear,
Howe'er repented after.
WIDOW.
Now I see
The bottom of your purpose.
HELENA.
You see it lawful then: it is no more
But that your daughter, ere she seems as won,
Desires this ring; appoints him an encounter;
In fine, delivers me to fill the time,
Herself most chastely absent; after this,
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Riverman by Stewart Edward White: against the world and the individual she pours out to him. You see,
I have no illusions concerning my family. Only Carroll has held to
her freedom of soul, because that's the joyous, free, sweet nature
of her, bless her! For the first time she's pitted her will against
mother's, and it's a bad clash."
"Your mother objected?" asked Orde.
Gerald laughed a little bitterly. "It was very bad," said he.
"You've grown horns, hoofs, and a tail overnight. There's nothing
too criminal to have escaped your notice. I have been forbidden to
consort with you. So has the general. The battle of last night had
to do with your coming to the house at all. As it is not Carroll's
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