| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Memorabilia by Xenophon: thinking that he is fit to lead the state, when all the while he is a
worthless creature."[4]
[1] {apotrepon proutrepen}. See K. Joel, op. cit. p. 450 foll.
[2] Cf. "Cyrop." I. vi. 22.
[3] Or, "furniture of the finest," like Arion's in Herod. i. 24.
Schneid. cf. Demosth. 565. 6.
[4] Here follows the sentence [{emoi men oun edokei kai tou
alazoneuesthai apotrepein tous sunontas toiade dialegomenos}],
which, for the sake of convenience, I have attached to the first
sentence of Bk. II. ch. i. [{edokei de moi . . . ponou.}] I
believe that the commentators are right in bracketing both one and
The Memorabilia |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Long Odds by H. Rider Haggard: moonlight of the lioness bounding along through the long grass, and
after her a couple of cubs about the size of mastiffs. She stopped
within a few feet of my head, and stood, waved her tail, and fixed me
with her glowing yellow eyes; but just as I thought that it was all over
she turned and began to feed on Kaptein, and so did the cubs. There
were the four of them within eight feet of me, growling and quarrelling,
rending and tearing, and crunching poor Kaptein's bones; and there I lay
shaking with terror, and the cold perspiration pouring out of me,
feeling like another Daniel come to judgment in a new sense of the
phrase. Presently the cubs had eaten their fill, and began to get
restless. One went round to the back of the waggon and pulled at the
Long Odds |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Tanach: 2_Samuel 21: 21 And when he taunted Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimea David's brother slew him.
2_Samuel 21: 22 These four were born to the giant in Gath; and they fell by the hand of David, and by the hand of his servants.
2_Samuel 22: 1 And David spoke unto the LORD the words of this song in the day that the LORD delivered him out of the hand of all his enemies, and out of the hand of Saul;
2_Samuel 22: 2 and he said: The LORD is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer;
2_Samuel 22: 3 The God who is my rock, in Him I take refuge; my shield, and my horn of salvation, my high tower, and my refuge; my saviour, Thou savest me from violence.
2_Samuel 22: 4 Praised, I cry, is the LORD, and I am saved from mine enemies.
2_Samuel 22: 5 For the waves of Death compassed me. The floods of Belial assailed me.
2_Samuel 22: 6 The cords of Sheol surrounded me; the snares of Death confronted me.
2_Samuel 22: 7 In my distress I called upon the LORD, yea, I called unto my God; and out of His temple He heard my voice, and my cry did enter into His ears.
2_Samuel 22: 8 Then the earth did shake and quake, the foundations of heaven did tremble; they were shaken, because He was wroth.
2_Samuel 22: 9 Smoke arose up in His nostrils, and fire out of His mouth did devour; coals flamed forth from Him.
The Tanach |
