| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Critias by Plato: the land of Attica, a land suited to the growth of virtue and wisdom; and
there they settled a brave race of children of the soil, and taught them
how to order the state. Some of their names, such as Cecrops, Erechtheus,
Erichthonius, and Erysichthon, were preserved and adopted in later times,
but the memory of their deeds has passed away; for there have since been
many deluges, and the remnant who survived in the mountains were ignorant
of the art of writing, and during many generations were wholly devoted to
acquiring the means of life...And the armed image of the goddess which was
dedicated by the ancient Athenians is an evidence to other ages that men
and women had in those days, as they ought always to have, common virtues
and pursuits. There were various classes of citizens, including
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Marie by H. Rider Haggard: whom I recognised the fat form of Dingaan draped in a bead mantle. We
ranged ourselves in a semicircle before him, and stood while he searched
us with his sharp eyes. Presently he saw me, and sent a councillor to
say that I must come and interpret for him.
So, dismounting, I went with Retief, Thomas Halstead, and a few of the
leading Boers.
"Sakubona [Good day], Macumazahn," said Dingaan. "I am glad that you
have come, as I know that you will speak my words truly, being one of
the People of George whom I love, for Tho-maas here I do not trust,
although he is also a Son of George."
I told Retief what he said.
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Magic of Oz by L. Frank Baum: come to Oz from the outside world, as Dorothy and Button-Bright and
Trot and Cap'n Bill and the Wizard did, will live forever or cannot be
injured. Even Ozma is not sure about this, and so the guests of Ozma
from other lands are always carefully protected from any danger, so as
to be on the safe side.
In spite of the laws of the forests there are often fights among the
beasts; some of them have lost an eye or an ear or even had a leg torn
off. The King and the King's Counselors always punish those who start
a fight, but so fierce is the nature of some beasts that they will at
times fight in spite of laws and punishment.
Over this vast, wild Forest of Gugu flew two eagles, one morning,
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