| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Vicar of Tours by Honore de Balzac: unite within their mighty brains the breasts of woman and the force of
God. The history of such men as Innocent the Third and Peter the
Great, and all great leaders of their age and nation will show, if
need be, in the highest spheres the same vast thought of which
Troubert was made the representative in the quiet depths of the
Cloister of Saint-Gatien.
ADDENDUM
The following personages appear in other stories of the Human Comedy.
Birotteau, Abbe Francois Troubert, Abbe Hyacinthe
The Lily of the Valley The Member for Arcis
Cesar Birotteau
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The King of the Golden River by John Ruskin: no, it was certainly in the house. Upstairs and downstairs; no, it
was certainly in that very room, coming in quicker time and clearer
notes every moment: "Lala-lira-la." All at once it struck Gluck
that it sounded louder near the furnace. He ran to the opening and
looked in. Yes, he saw right; it seemed to be coming not only out
of the furnace but out of the pot. He uncovered it, and ran back in
a great fright, for the pot was certainly singing! He stood in the
farthest corner of the room, with his hands up and his mouth open,
for a minute or two, when the singing stopped and the voice became
clear and pronunciative.
"Hollo!" said the voice.
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from O Pioneers! by Willa Cather: then set out as fast as his bow-legs could carry
him on the path to the nearest neighbor.
"Something is wrong with that boy. Some
misfortune has come upon us. He would never
have used her so, in his right senses. It is not
his way to abuse his mare," the old man kept
muttering, as he scuttled through the short,
wet pasture grass on his bare feet.
While Ivar was hurrying across the fields, the
O Pioneers! |
