| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The United States Constitution: The President shall, at stated Times, receive for his Services,
a Compensation, which shall neither be encreased nor diminished during
the Period for which he shall have been elected, and he shall not receive
within that Period any other Emolument from the United States, or any of them.
Before he enter on the Execution of his Office, he shall take the
following Oath or Affirmation:--"I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that
I will faithfully execute the Office of President of the United States,
and will to the best of my Ability, preserve, protect and defend the
Constitution of the United States."
Section 2. The President shall be Commander in Chief of the Army
and Navy of the United States, and of the Militia of the several States,
The United States Constitution |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Rape of Lucrece by William Shakespeare: The baser is he, coming from a king,
To shame his hope with deeds degenerate.
The mightier man, the mightier is the thing
That makes him honour'd, or begets him hate;
For greatest scandal waits on greatest state.
The moon being clouded presently is miss'd,
But little stars may hide them when they list.
'The crow may bathe his coal-black wings in mire,
And unperceived fly with the filth away;
But if the like the snow-white swan desire,
The stain upon his silver down will stay.
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Life of the Spider by J. Henri Fabre: going to sleep:
'What has she been doing this evening?' I am asked. 'Has she
finished her web? Has she caught a Moth?'
I describe what has happened. To-morrow, they will be in a less
hurry to go to bed: they will want to see everything, to the very
end. What delightful, simple evenings we have spent looking into
the Spider's workshop!
The journal of the Angular Epeira, written up day by day, teaches
us, first of all, how she obtains the ropes that form the frame-
work of the building. All day invisible, crouching amid the
cypress-leaves, the Spider, at about eight o'clock in the evening,
The Life of the Spider |
