| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Les Miserables by Victor Hugo: la Barriere-des-Gobelins, Jondrette, wrapped in the "philanthropist's"
great-coat, engaged in conversation with one of those men of
disquieting aspect who have been dubbed by common consent, prowlers of
the barriers; people of equivocal face, of suspicious monologues,
who present the air of having evil minds, and who generally sleep
in the daytime, which suggests the supposition that they work by night.
These two men, standing there motionless and in conversation,
in the snow which was falling in whirlwinds, formed a group that a
policeman would surely have observed, but which Marius hardly noticed.
Still, in spite of his mournful preoccupation, he could not
refrain from saying to himself that this prowler of the barriers
Les Miserables |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Polity of Athenians and Lacedaemonians by Xenophon: an earnest pursuit in a community where the possession of wealth
entails more pain than its employment brings satisfaction?
[2] Or, "against illegitimate commerce."
[3] See Plut. "Lycurg." 9 (Clough, i. 94).
[4] = 40 pounds, circa.
[5] See Grote, "H. G." ix. 320; Aristot. "Pol." ii. 9, 37.
VIII
But to proceed. We are all aware that there is no state[1] in the
world in which greater obedience is shown to magistrates, and to the
laws themselves, than Sparta. But, for my part, I am disposed to think
that Lycurgus could never have attempted to establish this healthy
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from King Henry VI by William Shakespeare: CLIFFORD.
Nor should thy prowess want praise and esteem
But that 't is shown ignobly and in treason.
YORK.
So let it help me now against thy sword
As I in justice and true right express it!
CLIFFORD.
My soul and body on the action both!
YORK.
A dreadful lay!--Address thee instantly.
[They fight, and Clifford falls.]
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