| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Mosses From An Old Manse by Nathaniel Hawthorne: the preservation of his life. Reuben was internally convinced
that he should see Malvin's living face no more. His generous
nature would fain have delayed him, at whatever risk, till the
dying scene were past; but the desire of existence and the hope
of happiness had strengthened in his heart, and he was unable to
resist them.
"It is enough," said Roger Malvin, having listened to Reuben's
promise. "Go, and God speed you!"
The youth pressed his hand in silence, turned, and was departing.
His slow and faltering steps, however, had borne him but a little
way before Malvin's voice recalled him.
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Sportsman by Xenophon: indiscipline, they have many a fault to find with him who is well
educated.
[20] Lit. "the sorriest of mankind these by nature."
[21] Or, "virtuous argument"; {logois agathois}, lit. "good words."
Through the instrumentality of such as these nothing can go well;
whereas every blessing which mankind enjoys has been discovered by the
efforts of the nobler sort. Nobler, I say, are those who choose to
toil.[22]
[22] Or, "of choice spirits; and who are the choice spirits?--Clearly
those who choose to toil."
And this has been proved conclusively by a notable example. If we look
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Rescue by Joseph Conrad: liberty, their fanatical devotion to their chiefs, their blind
fidelity in friendship and hate--all their lawful and unlawful
instincts. Their country of land and water--for the sea was as
much their country as the earth of their islands--has fallen a
prey to the western race--the reward of superior strength if not
of superior virtue. To-morrow the advancing civilization will
obliterate the marks of a long struggle in the accomplishment of
its inevitable victory.
The adventurers who began that struggle have left no descendants.
The ideas of the world changed too quickly for that. But even far
into the present century they have had successors. Almost in our
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