| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Memorabilia by Xenophon: watches over it with tender care--not in return for any good thing
previously received, for indeed the babe itself is little conscious of
its benefactor and cannot even signify its wants; only she, the
mother, making conjecture of what is good for it, and what will please
it, essays to satisfy it;[3] and for many months she feeds it night
and day, enduring the toil nor recking what return she shall receive
for all her trouble. Nor does the care and kindness of parents end
with nurture; but when the children seem of an age to learn, they
teach them themselves whatever cunning they possess, as a guide to
life, or where they feel that another is more competent, to him they
send them to be taught at their expense. Thus they watch over their
The Memorabilia |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Protagoras by Plato: of (Greek) and (Greek) seems also intended to express the rival doctrines
of Socrates and Protagoras, and is a facetious commentary on their
differences. (4) The general treatment in Plato both of the Poets and the
Sophists, who are their interpreters, and whom he delights to identify with
them. (5) The depreciating spirit in which Socrates speaks of the
introduction of the poets as a substitute for original conversation, which
is intended to contrast with Protagoras' exaltation of the study of them--
this again is hardly consistent with the serious defence of Simonides. (6)
the marked approval of Hippias, who is supposed at once to catch the
familiar sound, just as in the previous conversation Prodicus is
represented as ready to accept any distinctions of language however absurd.
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Montezuma's Daughter by H. Rider Haggard: the custom of our land, and to answer for his faith with your own
life?'
'I am willing,' Otomie answered quietly, 'if he is willing.'
'In truth it is a great honour that you would do this white dog,'
said Cuitlahua. 'Bethink you, you are princess of the Otomie and
one of our master's daughters, it is to you that we look to bring
back the mountain clans of the Otomie, of whom you are
chieftainess, from their unholy alliance with the accursed
Tlascalans, the slaves of the Teules. Is not your life too
precious to be set on such a stake as this foreigner's faith? for
learn, Otomie, if he proves false your rank shall not help you.'
Montezuma's Daughter |
