| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Adam Bede by George Eliot: and see my mother in her trouble," he said, in a gentle grateful
tone, for his quick mind told him at once how she came to be
there. "I hope my mother was thankful to have you," he added,
wondering rather anxiously what had been Dinah's reception.
"Yes," said Dinah, resuming her work, "she seemed greatly
comforted after a while, and she's had a good deal of rest in the
night, by times. She was fast asleep when I left her."
"Who was it took the news to the Hall Farm?" said Adam, his
thoughts reverting to some one there; he wondered whether SHE had
felt anything about it.
"It was Mr. Irwine, the clergyman, told me, and my aunt was
Adam Bede |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Memorabilia by Xenophon: step loses reputation and becomes a laughing-stock, and in the end is
doomed to a life of dishonour and contempt.
[42] Cf. Dante, "Tu duca, tu maestro, tu signore."
[43] Reading, {dia panta tauta}, or if {dia tauta}, translate "and
therefore."
What is true of individuals is true also of communities.[44] That
state which in ignorance of its power goes to war with a stronger than
itself ends by being uprooted or else reduced to slavery.
[44] Or, more lit. "A law which applies, you will observe, to bodies
politic."
Thereupon Euthydemus: Be assured I fully concur in your opinion; the
The Memorabilia |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Finished by H. Rider Haggard: out, then put an end to the conversation by vanishing into a
patch of dense bush.
It is a fact that after this I have only the dimmest recollection
of what happened. I remember off-saddling at night on several
occasions. I remember being very hungry because all the food was
eaten and the dog, Lost, catching a bush buck fawn, some of which
I partially cooked on a fire of dead wood, and devoured. Next I
remember--I suppose this was a day or two later--riding at night
in a thunderstorm and a particularly brilliant flash of lightning
which revealed scenery that seemed to be familiar to me, after
which came a shock and total unconsciousness.
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