| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Caesar's Commentaries in Latin by Julius Caesar: magistratui praeerat, quem vergobretum appellant Haedui, qui creatur
annuus et vitae necisque in suos habet potestatem, graviter eos accusat,
quod, cum neque emi neque ex agris sumi possit, tam necessario tempore,
tam propinquis hostibus ab iis non sublevetur, praesertim cum magna ex
parte eorum precibus adductus bellum susceperit[; multo etiam gravius quod
sit destitutus queritur].
Tum demum Liscus oratione Caesaris adductus quod antea tacuerat
proponit: esse non nullos, quorum auctoritas apud plebem plurimum valeat,
qui privatim plus possint quam ipsi magistratus. Hos seditiosa atque
improba oratione multitudinem deterrere, ne frumentum conferant quod
debeant: praestare, si iam principatum Galliae obtinere non possint,
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Alkahest by Honore de Balzac: type of the modest houses which the wealthy craftsmen of the Middle
Ages constructed for their homes.
The chief ornament of the facade was an oaken door, in two sections,
studded with nails driven in the pattern of a quineunx, in the centre
of which the Claes pride had carved a pair of shuttles. The recess of
the doorway, which was built of freestone, was topped by a pointed
arch bearing a little shrine surmounted by a cross, in which was a
statuette of Sainte-Genevieve plying her distaff. Though time had left
its mark upon the delicate workmanship of portal and shrine, the
extreme care taken of it by the servants of the house allowed the
passers-by to note all its details.
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Alexander's Bridge by Willa Cather: rather bridal look to me. It is over the wildest
river, with mists and clouds always battling
about it, and it is as delicate as a cobweb
hanging in the sky. It really was a bridge into
the future. You have only to look at it to feel
that it meant the beginning of a great career.
But I have a photograph of it here." She drew a
portfolio from behind a bookcase. "And there,
you see, on the hill, is my aunt's house."
Wilson took up the photograph. "Bartley was
telling me something about your aunt last night.
Alexander's Bridge |
