| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from King Henry VI by William Shakespeare: Upbraided me about the rose I wear;
Saying, the sanguine colour of the leaves
Did represent my master's blushing cheeks,
When stubbornly he did repugn the truth
About a certain question in the law
Argued betwixt the Duke of York and him;
With other vile and ignominious terms:
In confutation of which rude reproach,
And in defence of my lord's worthiness,
I crave the benefit of law of arms.
VERNON.
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Pagan and Christian Creeds by Edward Carpenter: made in high places by his outspoken strictures were resolved to
put out of the way." See also vol. iv, "The Dying God," in the
same book.
There are many other difficulties. The raising of Lazarus,
already dead three days, the turning of water into wine
(a miracle attributed to Bacchus, of old), the feeding of
the five thousand, and others of the marvels are, to say
the least, not easy of digestion. The "Sermon on the
Mount" which, with the "Lord's Prayer" embedded in
it, forms the great and accepted repository of 'Christian'
teaching and piety, is well known to be a collection of sayings
Pagan and Christian Creeds |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Scenes from a Courtesan's Life by Honore de Balzac: police constitute a body almost equal in number; is not that strange?
This antagonism of persons perpetually seeking and avoiding each
other, and fighting a vast and highly dramatic duel, are what are
sketched in this Study. It has been the same thing with thieving and
public harlotry as with the stage, the police, the priesthood, and the
gendarmerie. In these six walks of life the individual contracts an
indelible character. He can no longer be himself. The stigmata of
ordination are as immutable as those of the soldier are. And it is the
same in other callings which are strongly in opposition, strong
contrasts with civilization. These violent, eccentric, singular signs
--sui generis--are what make the harlot, the robber, the murderer, the
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