| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Men of Iron by Howard Pyle: true friends in hearty love, and for his sake I would befriend
thee--that is, in so much as is fitting."
"Sir," said Myles; but Sir James held up his hand, and he stopped
short in his thanks.
"But, boy," said he, "that which I sent for thee for to tell thee
was of more import than these. Dost thou know that thy father is
an attainted outlaw?"
"Nay," cried Myles, his cheeks blazing up as red as fire; "who
sayeth that of him lieth in his teeth."
"Thou dost mistake me," said Sir James, quietly. "It is sometimes
no shame to be outlawed and banned. Had it been so, I would not
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Charmides by Plato: It is impossible.
Then he who is ignorant of these things will only know that he knows, but
not what he knows?
True.
Then wisdom or being wise appears to be not the knowledge of the things
which we do or do not know, but only the knowledge that we know or do not
know?
That is the inference.
Then he who has this knowledge will not be able to examine whether a
pretender knows or does not know that which he says that he knows: he will
only know that he has a knowledge of some kind; but wisdom will not show
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Mistress Wilding by Rafael Sabatini: proofs, not Your Grace's beliefs and opinions."
"By God, sir, you are a daring rogue!" cried Albemarle.
Sir Rowland's eyes blazed. "Anon, Your Grace, when, having failed of
your proofs, you shall be constrained to restore me to liberty, I shall
ask Your Grace to unsay that word."
Albemarle stared, confounded, and in that moment the door opened, and
Trenchard sauntered in, cane in hand, his hat under his arm, a wicked
smile on his wizened face.
Leaving Blake's veiled threat unanswered, the Duke turned to the old
rake. "These rogues," said he, pointing to the prisoners, "demand
proofs ere they will admit the truth of the impeachment."
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