| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Democracy In America, Volume 1 by Alexis de Toqueville: United States no one is punished for this sort of works, but no
one is induced to write them; not because all the citizens are
immaculate in their manners, but because the majority of the
community is decent and orderly.
In these cases the advantages derived from the exercise of
this power are unquestionable, and I am simply discussing the
nature of the power itself. This irresistible authority is a
constant fact, and its judicious exercise is an accidental
occurrence.
Effects Of The Tyranny Of The Majority Upon The National
Character Of The Americans
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Shadow out of Time by H. P. Lovecraft: anxious to have the excavations extend to this territory, yet
at the same time dreaded what might be revealed. Obviously, I
was getting into a rather bad state - all the worse because I
could not account for it.
An indication of my poor nervous health
can be gained from my response to an odd discovery which I made
on one of my nocturnal rambles. It was on the evening of July
l1th, when the moon flooded the mysterious hillocks with a curious
pallor.
Wandering somewhat beyond my usual limits, I came upon
a great stone which seemed to differ markedly from any we had
Shadow out of Time |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from A Child's Garden of Verses by Robert Louis Stevenson: But I can be happy and building at home.
Let the sofa be mountains, the carpet be sea,
There I'll establish a city for me:
A kirk and a mill and a palace beside,
And a harbour as well where my vessels may ride.
Great is the palace with pillar and wall,
A sort of a tower on the top of it all,
And steps coming down in an orderly way
To where my toy vessels lie safe in the bay.
This one is sailing and that one is moored:
Hark to the song of the sailors aboard!
A Child's Garden of Verses |
