| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Westward Ho! by Charles Kingsley: Devon--
"And do you call this Christian conduct, sir, to set a quiet man
like me upon they Gubbings, as if I was going to risk my precious
life--no, nor ever a constable to Okehampton neither? Let Lydfor'
men mind Lydfor' roogs, and by Lydfor' law if they will, hang first
and try after; but as for me, I've rade my Bible, and 'He that
meddleth with strife is like him that taketh a dog by the ears.'
So if you choose to sit down and ate your breakfast with me, well
and good: but depositions I'll have none. If your man is enquired
for, you'll be answerable for his appearing, in course; but I
expect mortally" (with a wink), "you wain't hear much more of the
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Water-Babies by Charles Kingsley: was the mother of a family, and had seven little poults to wash and
feed every day; and that made her very practical, and a little
sharp-tempered; so all she answered was: "Kick-kick-kick - go and
catch spiders, go and catch spiders - kick."
So Tom went on and on, he hardly knew why; but he liked the great
wide strange place, and the cool fresh bracing air. But he went
more and more slowly as he got higher up the hill; for now the
ground grew very bad indeed. Instead of soft turf and springy
heather, he met great patches of flat limestone rock, just like
ill-made pavements, with deep cracks between the stones and ledges,
filled with ferns; so he had to hop from stone to stone, and now
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Fall of the House of Usher by Edgar Allan Poe: which, in its wildly importunate nature, had admitted of no other
than a personal reply. The MS gave evidence of nervous
agitation. The writer spoke of acute bodily illness--of a mental
disorder which oppressed him--and of an earnest desire to see me,
as his best, and indeed his only personal friend, with a view of
attempting, by the cheerfulness of my society, some alleviation
of his malady. It was the manner in which all this, and much
more, was said--it was the apparent heart that went with his
request--which allowed me no room for hesitation; and I
accordingly obeyed forthwith what I still considered a very
singular summons.
The Fall of the House of Usher |
