| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Caesar's Commentaries in Latin by Julius Caesar: in fossam, quae erat ante oppidum, iacta, sic ut prope summam muri
aggerisque altitudinem acervi armorum adaequarent, et tamen circiter parte
tertia, ut postea perspectum est, celata atque in oppido retenta, portis
patefactis eo die pace sunt usi.
Sub vesperum Caesar portas claudi militesque ex oppido exire iussit,
ne quam noctu oppidani a militibus iniuriam acciperent. Illi ante inito,
ut intellectum est, consilio, quod deditione facta nostros praesidia
deducturos aut denique indiligentius servaturos crediderant, partim cum
iis quae retinuerant et celaverant armis, partim scutis ex cortice factis
aut viminibus intextis, quae subito, ut temporis exiguitas postulabat,
pellibus induxerant, tertia vigilia, qua minime arduus ad nostras
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from At the Earth's Core by Edgar Rice Burroughs: others still housing as varied a multitude of mollusks
as ever might have drawn out their sluggish lives along the
silent shores of the antediluvian seas of the outer crust.
As I walked I could not but compare myself with the first
man of that other world, so complete the solitude which
surrounded me, so primal and untouched the virgin wonders
and beauties of adolescent nature. I felt myself a second
Adam wending my lonely way through the childhood of a world,
searching for my Eve, and at the thought there rose
before my mind's eye the exquisite outlines of a perfect
face surmounted by a loose pile of wondrous, raven hair.
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Agesilaus by Xenophon: colloquy with Agesilaus, and openly agreed that if he were not himself
appointed general-in-chief of the royal forces he would revolt from
the king. "Whereas, if I do become general," he added, "I mean to make
war upon you, Agesilaus, might and main," thus revealing his
confidence that, say what he might, nothing would befall him contrary
to the terms of truce. Of so intrinsic a value to all, and not least
to a general in the field, is the proud possession of an honest and
God-fearing character, known and recognised. Thus far, as touching the
quality of piety.
[1] See "Hell." III. iv. 10; Plut. "Ages." xi. (Clough, iv. 9).
[2] See "Hell." IV. i. 3; Plut. "Ages." xi. (Clough, iv. 13).
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