| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Crito by Plato: proved to be talk for the sake of talking--mere childish nonsense? That is
what I want to consider with your help, Crito:--whether, under my present
circumstances, the argument appears to be in any way different or not; and
is to be allowed by me or disallowed. That argument, which, as I believe,
is maintained by many persons of authority, was to the effect, as I was
saying, that the opinions of some men are to be regarded, and of other men
not to be regarded. Now you, Crito, are not going to die to-morrow--at
least, there is no human probability of this, and therefore you are
disinterested and not liable to be deceived by the circumstances in which
you are placed. Tell me then, whether I am right in saying that some
opinions, and the opinions of some men only, are to be valued, and that
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from A Voyage to Arcturus by David Lindsay: Nightspore's heart sank. "Have I not yet finished, then?"
"If you wish it. You have got through. But will you wish it?"
The drumming grew loud and painful. The light resolved itself into a
tiny oblong of mysterious brightness in a huge wall of night. Krag's
grim and rocklike features were revealed.
"I can't face rebirth," said Nightspore. "The horror of death is
nothing to it."
"You will choose."
"I can do nothing. Crystalman is too powerful. I barely escaped with
- my own soul."
"You are still stupid with Earth fumes, and see nothing straight,"
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Scenes from a Courtesan's Life by Honore de Balzac: crime."
"Yes," said Camusot, "especially if Esther gave him all she got."
"Derville and Nucingen both say that she died in ignorance of the
inheritance she had long since come into," added Granville.
"But then what do you suppose is the meaning of it all?" asked
Camusot. "For there is something at the bottom of it."
"A crime committed by some servant," said the Public Prosecutor.
"Unfortunately," remarked Camusot, "it would be quite like Jacques
Collin--for the Spanish priest is certainly none other than that
escaped convict--to have taken possession of the seven hundred and
fifty thousand francs derived from the sale of the certificate of
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