| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Symposium by Xenophon: are oil-lamps, and differ merely as "light" and "lamp."
[13] Cf. Plat. "Symp." 213; "Hell." V. i. 3.
When the urns were emptied, it was found that every vote, without
exception, had been cast for Critobulus.[14]
[14] Lit. "When the pebbles were turned out and proved to be with
Critobulus, Socrates remarked, 'Papae!'" which is as much to say,
"Od's pity!"
Whereat Socrates: Bless me! you don't say so? The coin you deal in,
Critobulus, is not at all like that of Callias. His makes people just;
whilst yours, like other filthy lucre, can corrupt both judge and
jury.[15]
The Symposium |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Ursula by Honore de Balzac: Nathan, Madame Raoul
The Muse of the Department
Lost Illusions
A Distinguished Provincial at Paris
Scenes from a Courtesan's Life
The Government Clerks
A Bachelor's Establishment
Eugenie Grandet
The Imaginary Mistress
A Prince of Bohemia
A Daughter of Eve
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Blix by Frank Norris: council over their finances. They had just enough for car-fare
and two "suppers Mexican," with ten cents left over."
"That's for Richard's tip," said Blix.
"That's for my CIGAR," he retorted.
"You made ME give him fifty cents. You said it was the least I
could offer him--noblesse oblige."
"Well, then, I COULDN'T offer him a dime, don't you see? I'll tell
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