| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Agesilaus by Xenophon: [8] Or, "than the seductions in question."
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Nor, in my opinion, were those obscure proofs of courage and true
manliness which he furnished by his readiness ever to wage war against
the strongest enemies, whether of Sparta or of Hellas, placing himself
in the forefront of the contests decided on. If the enemy cared to
join issue in fair field he would not chance upon a victory won by
panic, but in stubborn battle, blow for blow, he mastered him; and set
up trophies worthy of the name, seeing that he left behind him
imperishable monuments of prowess, and bore away on his own body
indelible marks of the fury with which he fought;[1] so that, apart
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Miracle Mongers and Their Methods by Harry Houdini: seventeenth century. An interesting account
of this man may be found in my book The
Unmasking of Robert Houdin.
A pupil of Manfrede's, by the name of
Floram Marchand, who seems to have been
fully the equal of his master, appeared in
England in 1650. The following description of
Marchand's performance is from The Book of
Wonderful Characters, edition of 1869, page
126:
In the summer of 1650, a Frenchman
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Jungle by Upton Sinclair: in her tears. "Oh, believe me, believe me!" she wailed again; and he
shouted in fury, "I will not!"
But still she clung to him, wailing aloud in her despair: "Oh, Jurgis,
think what you are doing! It will ruin us--it will ruin us! Oh, no,
you must not do it! No, don't, don't do it. You must not do it!
It will drive me mad--it will kill me--no, no, Jurgis, I am crazy--
it is nothing. You do not really need to know. We can be happy--
we can love each other just the same. Oh, please, please, believe me!"
Her words fairly drove him wild. He tore his hands loose, and flung
her off. "Answer me," he cried. "God damn it, I say--answer me!"
She sank down upon the floor, beginning to cry again. It was like
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