| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Economist by Xenophon: praises of such heroes. What I desire is to hear from you,
Ischomachus, in your own order,[7] first how you study to preserve
your health and strength of body; and next, how it is granted to
you[8] to escape from the perils of war with honour untarnished. And
after that (I added), it will much content me to learn from your own
lips about your money-making.
[7] "And from your own starting-point."
[8] As to the construction {themis einai} see Jebb ad "Oed. Col."
1191, Appendix.
Yes (he answered), and the fact is, Socrates, if I mistake not, all
these matters are in close connection, each depending on the other.
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Rivers to the Sea by Sara Teasdale: But from the sea of death, the strangling sea
Of night and nothingness, and waked to find
Love looking down upon you, glad and still,
Strange and yet known forever, that is peace.
So did he lean above me. Not a word
He spoke; I only heard the morning sea
Singing against his happy ship, the keen
And straining joy of wind-awakened sails
And songs of mariners, and in myself
The precious pain of arms that held me fast.
They warmed the cold sea out of all my blood;
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Twenty Years After by Alexandre Dumas: "Then we set sail to-night?" asked Aramis, glancing toward
the west, where the sun had left a single golden cloud,
which, dipping into the ocean, appeared by degrees to be
extinguished.
"Probably," said Athos.
"Diable!" resumed Aramis, "I have little fancy for the sea
by day, still less at night; the sounds of wind and wave,
the frightful movements of the vessel; I confess I prefer
the convent of Noisy."
Athos smiled sadly, for it was evident that he was thinking
of other things as he listened to his friend and moved
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