| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Cratylus by Plato: known: but if that which knows and that which is known exists ever, and
the beautiful and the good and every other thing also exist, then I do not
think that they can resemble a process or flux, as we were just now
supposing. Whether there is this eternal nature in things, or whether the
truth is what Heracleitus and his followers and many others say, is a
question hard to determine; and no man of sense will like to put himself or
the education of his mind in the power of names: neither will he so far
trust names or the givers of names as to be confident in any knowledge
which condemns himself and other existences to an unhealthy state of
unreality; he will not believe that all things leak like a pot, or imagine
that the world is a man who has a running at the nose. This may be true,
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Rescue by Joseph Conrad: will. Was it unlimited?
"We shall require courage and fidelity," added Lingard, in a
tentative tone.
"There are those who know me," snapped the old man, readily, as
if the words had been waiting for a long time. "Observe, Tuan. I
have filled with fresh water the little breaker in the bows."
"I know you, too," said Lingard.
"And the wind--and the sea," ejaculated the serang, jerkily.
"These also are faithful to the strong. By Allah! I who am a
pilgrim and have listened to words of wisdom in many places, I
tell you, Tuan, there is strength in the knowledge of what is
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Redheaded Outfield by Zane Grey: delight that showed how hard he was pulling for
the gate money, and his beaming smile as he
turned to me was inspiring. ``Now, Reddy, it's
up to you! I'm not worrying about what's happened
so far. I know, with you at bat in a pinch,
it's all off!''
Merritt's compliment was pleasing, but it did
not augment my purpose, for that already had
reached the highest mark. Love of hitting, if no
other thing, gave me the thrilling fire to arise to
the opportunity. Selecting my light bat, I went
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