| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Second Inaugural Address by Abraham Lincoln: generally over the Union, but localized in the Southern part of it.
These slaves constituted a peculiar and powerful interest. All knew
that this interest was, somehow, the cause of the war. To strengthen,
perpetuate, and extend this interest was the object for which the
insurgents would rend the Union, even by war; while the government claimed
no right to do more than to restrict the territorial enlargement of it.
Neither party expected for the war the magnitude or the duration
which it has already attained. Neither anticipated that the cause
of the conflict might cease with, or even before, the conflict itself
should cease. Each looked for an easier triumph, and a result less
fundamental and astounding. Both read the same Bible, and pray
Second Inaugural Address |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from On Horsemanship by Xenophon: idea on this score, if, when he has gone through his work, you will
try and repeat the precise operations which he went through before you
began your ride. Any horse that having done his work shows a readiness
to undergo it all again, affords sufficient evidence thereby of spirit
and endurance.
[9] Reading {talla dineumata}, lit. "and the rest of his twistings and
twirlings about."
To put the matter in a nutshell: given that the horse is sound-footed,
gentle, moderately fast, willing and able to undergo toil, and above
all things[10] obedient--such an animal, we venture to predict, will
give the least trouble and the greatest security to his rider in the
On Horsemanship |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Little Women by Louisa May Alcott: ashamed to speak of it before the younger children, but I want you
to know all the dreadful things I did at the Moffats'."
"We are prepared," said Mrs. March, smiling but looking a
little anxious.
"I told you they dressed me up, but I didn't tell you that
they powdered and squeezed and frizzled, and made me look like a
fashion plate. Laurie thought I wasn't proper. I know he did,
though he didn't say so, and one man called me `a doll'. I knew
it was silly, but they flattered me and said I was a beauty, and
quantities of nonsense, so I let them make a fool of me."
"Is that all?" asked Jo, as Mrs. March looked silently at
Little Women |
