| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Parmenides by Plato: equality?
No, it is equality which lies between them.
Then that which has greatness and smallness also has equality, which lies
between them?
That is clear.
Then the one, which is not, partakes, as would appear, of greatness and
smallness and equality?
Clearly.
Further, it must surely in a sort partake of being?
How so?
It must be so, for if not, then we should not speak the truth in saying
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Vendetta by Honore de Balzac: showed herself abruptly, and Ginevra hastily covered the sheet of
paper.
"Why do you stay there in spite of my advice, mademoiselle?" asked the
professor, gravely.
The pupil turned her easel so that no one but the master could see the
sketch, which she placed upon it, and said, in an agitated voice:--
"Do you not think, as I do, that the light is very good? Had I not
better remain here?"
Servin turned pale. As nothing escapes the piercing eyes of malice,
Mademoiselle Thirion became, as it were, a sharer in the sudden
emotion of master and pupil.
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Adventure by Jack London: the United States was his friend. He was equally at home in the
clubs of London and the Continent, the Grand Hotel at Yokohama, and
the selector's shanties in the Never-Never country. He had shot
big game in Siam, pearled in the Paumotus, visited Tolstoy, seen
the Passion Play, and crossed the Andes on mule-back; while he was
a living directory of the fever holes of West Africa.
Sheldon leaned back in his chair on the veranda, sipping his coffee
and listening. In spite of himself he felt touched by the charm of
the man who had led so varied a life. And yet Sheldon was not
comfortable. It seemed to him that the man addressed himself
particularly to Joan. His words and smiles were directed
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