| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Koran: servants on the day of the discrimination,- the day when the two
parties met; and God is mighty over all. When ye were on the near side
of the valley, and they were on the far side, and the camels were
below you; had ye made an appointment then ye would have failed to
keep your appointment- but it was that God might accomplish a thing
that was as good as done! that he who was to. perish might perish with
a manifest sign; and that he who was to live might live with a
manifest sign; for, verily, God hears and knows!
When God showed thee them in thy dream as though they were but
few; but had He shown thee them as though they were many, ye would
have been timid, and ye would have quarrelled about the matter;- but
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Garden Party by Katherine Mansfield: chorus of animals before Pip had finished dealing.
"Now, Lottie, you begin."
Timidly Lottie stretched out a hand, took the top card off her pack, had a
good look at it--it was plain she was counting the spots--and put it down.
"No, Lottie, you can't do that. You mustn't look first. You must turn it
the other way over."
"But then everybody will see it the same time as me," said Lottie.
The game proceeded. Mooe-ooo-er! The bull was terrible. He charged over
the table and seemed to eat the cards up.
Bss-ss! said the bee.
Cock-a-doodle-do! Isabel stood up in her excitement and moved her elbows
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Agesilaus by Xenophon: but presently exclaimed: "No, by the Twins, not if I might this very
instant become the swiftest-footed, strongest, and handsomest of
men.[6] And as to that battle I swear by all the gods I would far
rather fight it over again than that everything on which I set my eyes
might turn to gold."[7]
[3] See Plut. "Ages." (Clough, iv. p. 13 foll.)
[4] Reading, {kai lian gennikon}; or, "a refinement of self-respect,"
"a self-respect perhaps even over-sensitive."
[5] Lit. "made no further attempt to offer kisses."
[6] See Plut. "Ages." ii. (Clough, iv. p. 2): "He is said to have been
a little man of a contemptible presence."
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