| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Patchwork Girl of Oz by L. Frank Baum: After consulting together they decided that Ojo
and his party should leave the very next day to
search for the gill of water from a dark well, so
they now separated to make preparations for the
journey.
Ozma gave the Munchkin boy a room in the palace
for that night and the afternoon he passed with
Dorothy--getting acquainted, as she said--and
receiving advice from the Shaggy Man as to where
they must go. The Shaggy Man had wandered in many
parts of Oz, and so had Dorothy, for that matter,
The Patchwork Girl of Oz |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Twenty Years After by Alexandre Dumas: D'Artagnan!"
"What! a fearful day, when to-day we find our friends?"
"Yes; but under what circumstances?"
"'Tis true that our position is an awkward one; but let us
go in and see more clearly what is to be done."
"Things look black enough," replied Porthos; "I understand
now why Aramis advised me to strangle that horrible
Mordaunt."
"Silence!" cried the Gascon; "do not utter that name."
"But," argued Porthos, "I speak French and they are all
English."
Twenty Years After |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Memorabilia by Xenophon: That, too, belongs to both alike (he answered).
Soc. Again, to chastise the bad and reward the good belongs to both
alike, methinks?
Nic. Decidedly.
Soc. And to win the kindly feeling of their subordinates must surely
be the noble ambition of both?
That too (he answered).
Soc. And do you consider it to the interest of both alike to win the
adherence of supporters and allies?[9]
[9] In reference to the necessity of building up a family connection
or political alliances cf. Arist. "Pol." iii. 9, 13.
The Memorabilia |
