| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Pivot of Civilization by Margaret Sanger: energy concealed in the atom, humanity is now on the eve of a new
conquest. But, on the other side, humanity has been compelled to
combat continuously those great forces of Nature which have opposed it
at every moment of this long indomitable march out of barbarism.
Humanity has had to wage war against insects, germs, bacteria, which
have spread disease and epidemics and devastation. Humanity has had to
adapt itself to those natural forces it could not conquer but could
only adroitly turn to its own ends. Nevertheless, all along the line,
in colonization, in agriculture, in medicine and in industry, mankind
has triumphed over Nature.
But lest the recognition of this victory lead us to self-satisfaction
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Moon-Face and Other Stories by Jack London: "Dolly looks as though she'd forgotten all about yesterday," Chris said, as
they sat their horses knee-deep in the rushing water. "Look at her."
The mare had raised her head and cocked her ears at the rustling of a quail in
the thicket. Chris leaned over and rubbed around her ears. Dolly's enjoyment
was evident, and she drooped her head over against the shoulder of his own
horse.
"Like a kitten," was Lute's comment.
"Yet I shall never be able wholly to trust her again," Chris said. "Not after
yesterday's mad freak."
"I have a feeling myself that you are safer on Ban," Lute laughed. "It is
strange. My trust in Dolly is as implicit as ever. I feel confident so far as
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Hiero by Xenophon: ignorance. Nor is it to be wondered at perhaps, if the perceptions of
waking life in some way strike more clearly on our senses than do
those of sleep.[11]
[7] Or, "if I may trust my powers of observation I would say that
common men are capable of pains and pleasures conveyed through
certain avenues of sense, as sight through our eyes, sounds
through our ears, smells through our noses, and meats and drinks
through our mouths."
[8] Cf. Cic. "de N. D." ii. 56, S. 141.
[9] Reading {edesthai te kai lupeisthai . . .} or if with Breit
reading {ote d' au lupeisthai}, transl. "then as to good and evil
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