| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Michael Strogoff by Jules Verne: authorities had therefore no fear with regard to admitting
the peasants of the valley of the Angara, and leaving a
desert between the invaders and the town.
Irkutsk is the residence of the governor-general of East-
ern Siberia. Below him acts a civil governor, in whose
hands is the administration of the province; a head of police,
who has much to do in a town where exiles abound; and,
lastly, a mayor, chief of the merchants, and a person of
some importance, from his immense fortune and the in-
fluence which he exercises over the people.
The garrison of Irkutsk was at that time composed of an
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Phantasmagoria and Other Poems by Lewis Carroll: All together rang their voices,
Angry, loud, discordant voices,
As of dogs that howl in concert,
As of cats that wail in chorus.
But my Hiawatha's patience,
His politeness and his patience,
Unaccountably had vanished,
And he left that happy party.
Neither did he leave them slowly,
With the calm deliberation,
The intense deliberation
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Salammbo by Gustave Flaubert: by the Baals to protect her. The recollection of Matho came upon her,
nor did she resist the desire to learn what had become of him.
Narr' Havas replied that the Carthaginians were advancing towards
Tunis to take it. In proportion as he set forth their chances of
success and Matho's weaknesses, she seemed to rejoice in extraordinary
hope. Her lips trembled, her breast panted. When he finally promised
to kill him himself, she exclaimed: "Yes! kill him! It must be so!"
The Numidian replied that he desired this death ardently, since he
would be her husband when the war was over.
Salammbo started, and bent her head.
But Narr' Havas, pursuing the subject, compared his longings to
Salammbo |
