| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Scarecrow of Oz by L. Frank Baum: Quadling Country, but separated from it by a range of
high mountains, at the foot of which lies a wide, deep
gulf that is supposed to be impassable."
"Then Jinxland is really a part of the Land of Oz,"
said he.
"Yes," returned Glinda, "but Oz people know nothing of
it, except what is recorded here in my book."
"What does the Book say about it?" asked the Scarecrow.
"It is ruled by a wicked man called King Krewl,
although he has no right to the title. Most of the people
are good, but they are very timid and live in constant
The Scarecrow of Oz |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Statesman by Plato: disgrace, or injustice.
YOUNG SOCRATES: Quite true.
STRANGER: And when the citizen, contrary to law and custom, is compelled
to do what is juster and better and nobler than he did before, the last and
most absurd thing which he could say about such violence is that he has
incurred disgrace or evil or injustice at the hands of those who compelled
him.
YOUNG SOCRATES: Very true.
STRANGER: And shall we say that the violence, if exercised by a rich man,
is just, and if by a poor man, unjust? May not any man, rich or poor, with
or without laws, with the will of the citizens or against the will of the
Statesman |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Ballads by Robert Louis Stevenson: the lagoon. The conclusion attributed to the nameless lady
of the legend would be reached to-day, under the like
circumstances, by ninety per cent of Polynesians: and here I
probably understate by one-tenth.
THE FEAST OF FAMINE
MARQUESAN MANNERS
I. THE PRIEST'S VIGIL
IN all the land of the tribe was neither fish nor fruit,
And the deepest pit of popoi stood empty to the foot. (1)
The clans upon the left and the clans upon the right
Now oiled their carven maces and scoured their daggers bright;
Ballads |
