| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Common Sense by Thomas Paine: Had ye the honest soul of BARCLAY ye would preach repentance to YOUR king;
Ye would tell the Royal Wretch his sins, and warn him of eternal ruin.
["Thou hast tasted of prosperity and adversity; thou knowest what it is
to be banished thy native country, to be over-ruled as well as to rule,
and set upon the throne; and being oppressed thou hast reason to know
how hateful the oppressor is both to God and man: If after all these warnings
and advertisements, thou dost not turn unto the Lord with all thy heart,
but forget him who remembered thee in thy distress, and give up thyself
to fallow lust and vanity, surely great will be thy condemnation.--
Against which snare, as well as the temptation of those who may
or do feed thee, and prompt thee to evil, the most excellent and prevalent
Common Sense |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Rig Veda:
HYMN CXXXII. Indra.
1. HELPED, Indra Maghavan, by thee in war of old, may we subdue
in
fight the men who strive with us, conquer the men who war with
us.
This day that now is close at hand bless him who pours the
Soma juice.
In this our sacrifice may we divide the spoil, showing our
The Rig Veda |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Virginibus Puerisque by Robert Louis Stevenson: have been the wisest philosopher or the most egregious of
donkeys? Human experience is not yet able to reply; but at
least you have had a fine moment, and looked down upon all the
kingdoms of the earth. And whether it was wise or foolish,
to-morrow's travel will carry you, body and mind, into some
different parish of the infinite.
CHAPTER XI - PAN'S PIPES
THE world in which we live has been variously said and
sung by the most ingenious poets and philosophers: these
reducing it to formulae and chemical ingredients, those
striking the lyre in high-sounding measures for the handiwork
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