| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas: which God had given them! I have seen that, mother; I know
that from the gulf in which their enemies have plunged them
they have risen with so much vigor and glory that in their
turn they have ruled their former conquerors, and have
punished them. No. mother; from this moment I have done with
the past, and accept nothing from it -- not even a name,
because you can understand that your son cannot bear the
name of a man who ought to blush for it before another."
"Albert, my child," said Mercedes, "if I had a stronger
heart that is the counsel I would have given you; your
conscience has spoken when my voice became too weak; listen
The Count of Monte Cristo |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Barlaam and Ioasaph by St. John of Damascus: dalliance, to tread the hard and rough road, which the Son of
Mary ordereth men to go? Dost thou not fear the displeasure of
the most puissant gods, lest they strike thee with lightning, or
quell thee with thunderbolt, or overwhelm thee in the yawning
earth, because thou hast rejected and scorned those deities that
have so richly blessed us, and adorned our brow with the kingly
diadem, and made populous nations to be our servants, that,
beyond my hope, in answer to my prayer and supplication, allowed
thee to be born, and see the sweet life of day, and hast joined
thyself unto the Crucified, duped by the hopes of his servants
who tell thee fables of worlds to come, and drivel about the
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Out of Time's Abyss by Edgar Rice Burroughs: circular openings in the roof of the river vault and the corpses
he had seen drop from them to the water beneath.
As the body disappeared, the Wieroo turned and cast about the
room for the girl. For a moment he stood eying her. "You saw,"
he muttered, "and if you tell them, He Who Speaks for Luata will
have my wings severed while still I live and my head will be
severed and I shall be cast into the River of Death, for thus it
happens even to the highest who slay one of the red robe. You saw,
and you must die!" he ended with a scream as he rushed upon the girl.
Bradley waited no longer. Leaping into the room he ran for the
Wieroo, who had already seized the girl, and as he ran, he
Out of Time's Abyss |
