| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Phaedo by Plato: made a fable about God trying to reconcile their strife, and how, when he
could not, he fastened their heads together; and this is the reason why
when one comes the other follows, as I know by my own experience now, when
after the pain in my leg which was caused by the chain pleasure appears to
succeed.
Upon this Cebes said: I am glad, Socrates, that you have mentioned the
name of Aesop. For it reminds me of a question which has been asked by
many, and was asked of me only the day before yesterday by Evenus the poet
--he will be sure to ask it again, and therefore if you would like me to
have an answer ready for him, you may as well tell me what I should say to
him:--he wanted to know why you, who never before wrote a line of poetry,
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Forged Coupon by Leo Tolstoy: with such disgrace, that he was ashamed and could
not face the eyes of men!
He recalled the time when she was not merely
his child, and a member of his family, but his
darling, his joy and his pride. He saw her again,
a little thing of eight or nine, bright, intelligent,
lively, impetuous, graceful, with brilliant black
eyes and flowing auburn hair. He remembered
how she used to jump up on his knees and hug
him, and tickle his neck; and how she would laugh,
regardless of his protests, and continue to tickle
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Monster Men by Edgar Rice Burroughs: to Muda Saffir even as he walked back from the river
after conversing with the two Dyak messengers. The thought
of regaining the treasure, the while he administered
punishment to the traitorous Ninaka, filled his soul
with savage happiness. Now if he could but once more
possess himself of the girl! And why not? There was
only the sick old man, a Chinaman and von Horn to prevent it,
and the chances were that they all were asleep.
So he explained to the chief the plan that
had so suddenly sprung to his wicked mind.
"Three men with parangs may easily quiet the old man,
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