| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Hiero by Xenophon: too, furnished with the costliest works of art; add to which the
throng of your retainers, courtiers, followers, not in number only but
accomplishments a most princely retinue; and lastly, but not least of
all, in your supreme ability at once to afflict your foes and benefit
your friends.
[1] Lit. "many among those reputed to be men." Cf. "Cyrop." V. v. 33;
"Hell." i. 24, "their hero"; and below, viii. 3. Aristoph. "Ach."
78, {oi barbaroi gar andras egountai monous} | {tous pleista
dunamenous phagein te kai piein}: "To the Barbarians 'tis the test
of manhood: there the great drinkers are the greatest men"
(Frere); id. "Knights," 179; "Clouds," 823; so Latin "vir." See
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from 1492 by Mary Johntson: a caravel in the harbor. He asked to be prisoned with his
brother; but why ask any magnanimity from an unmagnanimous
soul?
Out in the open now were all the old insurgents. Guevara
and Requelme bowed to the earth when the Governor
passed, and Roldan sat with him at wine.
CHAPTER XXXVI
THE caravel tossed in a heavy storm. Some of her
mariners were old in these waters, but others, coming
out with Bobadilla, had little knowledge of our breadths
of Ocean-Sea. They had met naught like this rain, this
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Sportsman by Xenophon: rest of education, provided he have the means and with an eye to the
same; if his means be ample, in a style worthy of the profit to be
derived; or, if they be scant, let him at any rate contribute
enthusiasm, in nothing falling short of the power he possesses.
What are the aids and implements of divers sorts with which he who
would enter on this field must equip himself? These and the theory of
each in particular I will now explain. With a view to success in the
work, forewarned is forearmed. Nor let such details be looked upon as
insignificant. Without them there will be an end to practical
results.[1]
[1] Or, "The question suggests itself--how many instruments and of
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