| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Hiero by Xenophon: occupation."
Once more, if commerce[21] is of any value to the state, then let the
merchant who devotes himself to commerce on the grandest scale receive
some high distinction, and his honours will draw on other traders in
his wake.
[21] Cf. "Revenues," l.c.
Or were it made apparent that the genius who discovers a new source of
revenue, which will not be vexatious, will be honoured, by the state,
a field of exploration will at once be opened, which will not long
continue unproductive.[22]
[22] Lit. "that too is an inquiry which will not long lie fallow."
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from I Have A Dream by Martin Luther King, Jr.: force. The marvelous new militancy which has engulfed the Negro
community must not lead us to distrust of all white people, for
many of our white brothers, as evidenced by their presence here
today, have come to realize that their destiny is tied up with
our destiny and their freedom is inextricably bound to our
freedom. We cannot walk alone.
And as we walk, we must make the pledge that we shall march
ahead. We cannot turn back. There are those who are asking the
devotees of civil rights, "When will you be satisfied?" We can
never be satisfied as long as our bodies, heavy with the fatigue
of travel, cannot gain lodging in the motels of the highways and
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from A Footnote to History by Robert Louis Stevenson: It may be witty, I am sure it is not wise. It may be sometimes
necessary to offend for a definite object, it can never be
diplomatic to offend gratuitously.
Becker was more explicit, although scarce less curt. And his
defence may be divided into two statements: first, that the
TAUMUALUA was proceeding to land with a hostile purpose on Mulinuu;
second, that the shots complained of were fired by the Samoans.
The second may be dismissed with a laugh. Human nature has laws.
And no men hitherto discovered, on being suddenly challenged from
the sea, would have turned their backs upon the challenger and
poured volleys on the friendly shore. The first is not extremely
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