| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Koran: God when He has guided us in our paths? we will be surely patient in
your hurting us; for upon God rely those do rely.
And those who misbelieved said to their apostles, 'We will drive you
forth from our land; or else ye shall return to our faith!' And
their Lord inspired them, 'We will surely destroy the unjust; and we
will make you to dwell in the land after them. That is for him who
fears my place and fears my threat!'
Then they asked for an issue; and disappointed was every rebel
tyrant! Behind such a one is hell, and he shall be given to drink
liquid pus! He shall try to swallow it, but cannot gulp it down; and
death shall come upon him from every place, and yet he shall not
The Koran |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Lady Windermere's Fan by Oscar Wilde: to men who are not their husbands.
LORD WINDERMERE. Dumby, you are ridiculous, and Cecil, you let
your tongue run away with you. You must leave Mrs. Erlynne alone.
You don't really know anything about her, and you're always talking
scandal against her.
CECIL GRAHAM. [Coming towards him L.C.] My dear Arthur, I never
talk scandal. I only talk gossip.
LORD WINDERMERE. What is the difference between scandal and
gossip?
CECIL GRAHAM. Oh! gossip is charming! History is merely gossip.
But scandal is gossip made tedious by morality. Now, I never
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from United States Declaration of Independence: endeavoured to bring on the inhabitants of our frontiers,
the merciless Indian Savages, whose known rule of warfare,
is an undistinguished destruction of all ages, sexes and conditions.
In every stage of these Oppressions We have Petitioned for Redress
in the most humble terms: Our repeated Petitions have been answered
only by repeated injury. A Prince, whose character is thus marked
by every act which may define a Tyrant, is unfit to be the ruler
of a free People.
Nor have We been wanting in attention to our British brethren.
We have warned them from time to time of attempts by their
legislature to extend an unwarrantable jurisdiction over us.
United States Declaration of Independence |
