| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wilson by Mark Twain: The comparison began. As it proceeded, all movement and all
sound ceased, and the deep silence of an absorbed and waiting
suspense settled upon the house; and when at last the words came,
"THEY DO NOT EVEN RESEMBLE," a thundercrash of applause followed
and the house sprang to its feet, but was quickly repressed by
official force and brought to order again. Tom was altering his
position every few minutes now, but none of his changes brought
repose nor any small trifle of comfort. When the house's
attention was become fixed once more, Wilson said gravely,
indicating the twins with a gesture:
"These men are innocent--I have no further concern with them.
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Salome by Oscar Wilde: Ah! si quelqu'un cherchait e me tuer, je crierais, je me debattrais,
je ne voudrais pas souffrir . . . Frappe, frappe, Naaman. Frappe,
je te dis . . . Non. Je n'entends rien. Il y a un silence affreux.
Ah! quelque chose est tombe par terre. J'ai entendu quelque chose
tomber. C'etait l'epee du bourreau. Il a peur, cet esclave! Il a
laisse tomber son epee. Il n'ose pas le tuer. C'est un lache, cet
esclave! Il faut envoyer des soldats. [Elle voit le page
d'Herodias et s'adresse e lui.] Viens ici. Tu as ete l'ami de
celui qui est mort, n'est-ce pas? Eh bien, il n'y a pas eu assez de
morts. Dites aux soldats qu'ils descendent et m'apportent ce que je
demande, ce que le tetrarque m'a promis, ce qui m'appartient. [Le
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Odyssey by Homer: {* We omit line 101, which spoils the sense of the passage,
and was rejected by antiquity.}
Then wise Telemachus answered him, saying: 'Yea now,
stranger I will plainly tell thee all. There is no grudge
and hatred borne my by the whole people, neither have I
cause to blame my brethren, in whose battle a man puts
trust, even if a great feud arise. For thus, as thou seest,
Cronion has made us a house of but one heir. Arceisius got
him one only son Laertes, and one only son Odysseus was
begotten of his father, and Odysseus left me the only child
of his getting in these halls, and had no joy of me;
The Odyssey |
