| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Twenty Years After by Alexandre Dumas: following words:
"The queen wishes to speak to Monsieur d'Artagnan, who must
follow the bearer."
"Well!" exclaimed Porthos; "I see nothing in that very
extraordinary."
"But I see much that is very extraordinary in it," replied
D'Artagnan. "It is evident, by their sending for me, that
matters are becoming complicated. Just reflect a little what
an agitation the queen's mind must be in for her to have
remembered me after twenty years."
"It is true," said Porthos.
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Protagoras by Plato: were to be compared with men who had no education, or courts of justice, or
laws, or any restraints upon them which compelled them to practise virtue--
with the savages, for example, whom the poet Pherecrates exhibited on the
stage at the last year's Lenaean festival. If you were living among men
such as the man-haters in his Chorus, you would be only too glad to meet
with Eurybates and Phrynondas, and you would sorrowfully long to revisit
the rascality of this part of the world. You, Socrates, are discontented,
and why? Because all men are teachers of virtue, each one according to his
ability; and you say Where are the teachers? You might as well ask, Who
teaches Greek? For of that too there will not be any teachers found. Or
you might ask, Who is to teach the sons of our artisans this same art which
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Commentary on the Epistle to the Galatians by Martin Luther: sincere and brotherly love.
The words, "for all the law is fulfilled in one word," entail a criticism of
the Galatians. "You are so taken up by your superstitions and ceremonies
that serve no good purpose, that you neglect the most important thing,
love." St. Jerome says: "We wear our bodies out with watching, fasting,
and labor and neglect charity, the queen of all good works." Look at the
monks, who meticulously fast, watch, etc. To skip the least requirement of
their order would be a crime of the first magnitude. At the same time they
blithely ignored the duties of charity and hated each other to death. That is
no sin, they think.
The Old Testament is replete with examples that indicate how much God
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