| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Marie by H. Rider Haggard: gachle (go in peace). I wish to have no quarrel with the white folk,
but, Macumazahn, you are the first of them who has refused a gift to
Dingaan. Still, I bear you no grudge, and if you choose to come back
again, you will be welcome, for I perceive that, although so small, you
are very clever and have a will of your own; also that you mean what you
say and speak the truth. Tell the People of George that my heart is
soft towards them." Then he turned and walked away through the gates of
the kraal.
Glad enough was I to see the last of him, for now I knew that we were
safe, except from such accidents as may overtake any travellers through
a wild country. For the present, at any rate until after he had seen
Marie |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Familiar Studies of Men and Books by Robert Louis Stevenson: by the time he reached Tournay, he had a following of 300
horse. Everywhere he was received as though he had been the
King of France. (1) If he did not come to imagine himself
something of the sort, he certainly forgot the existence of
any one with a better claim to the title. He conducted
himself on the hypothesis that Charles VII. was another
Charles VI. He signed with enthusiasm that treaty of Arras,
which left France almost at the discretion of Burgundy. On
December 18 he was still no farther than Bruges, where he
entered into a private treaty with Philip; and it was not
until January 14, ten weeks after he disembarked in France,
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from On Revenues by Xenophon: [10] "A starting-point."
[11] B.C. 366; cf. "Hell." VII. iv. 3.
[12] B.C. 362; cf. "Hell." VII. v. 15. See Grote, "H. G." x. 459;
Ephor. ap. Diog. Laert. ii. 54; Diod. Sic. xv. 84; Boeckh, ap. L.
Dindorf. Xenophon's son Gryllus served under him and was slain.
[13] Reading {kai tauta toutout men adelou ontos}, after Zurborg.
[14] Reading {[uper] on an eisenegkosi} with Zurborg. See his note,
"Comm." p. 25.
But for a sound investment[15] I know of nothing comparable with the
initial outlay to form this fund.[16] Any one whose contribution
amounts to ten minae[17] may look forward to a return as high as he
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