| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Economist by Xenophon: suggests the "silver lining to the cloud" of slavery.
[12] Cf. Hom. "Il." ix. 413, {oleto men moi nostos, atar kleos
aphthiton estai}, "but my fame shall be imperishable."
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Soc. But now, suppose, Ischomachus, you have created in the soul of
some one a desire for your welfare; have inspired in him not a mere
passive interest, but a deep concern to help you to achieve
prosperity; further, you have obtained for him a knowledge of the
methods needed to give the operations of the field some measure of
success; you have, moreover, made him capable of ruling; and, as the
crowning point of all your efforts, this same trusty person shows no
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from 1492 by Mary Johntson: We broke up with singing the Santa Maria, and
with her bones built the walls. Guacanagari and his people
helped. All was hurried. The Admiral and Viceroy, now
that his mind was made up, would depart as soon as might
be.
We built La Navidad where it might view the sea, upon
a hillside above a brown river sliding out to ocean. Beyond
the stream, in the groves, a quarter-league away, stood the
hundred huts of Guarico. We built a tower and storehouse
and wall of wood and we digged around all some kind
of moat, and mounted three lombards. All that we could
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from A Heap O' Livin' by Edgar A. Guest: It's tough when you are homesick.............. 117
It takes a heap o' livin' in a house to make
it home..................................... 28
I've sipped a rich man's sparkling wine....... 74
I've told about the times that Ma can't find
her pocketbook.............................. 94
Lady in the show case carriage................ 122
Less hate and greed........................... 58
Let others sing their songs of war............ 82
Life is a challenge to the bold............... 145
Life is a gift to be used every day........... 63
A Heap O' Livin' |
