| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from My Aunt Margaret's Mirror by Walter Scott: a married man, on the point of leading to the altar the innocent
and beautiful creature upon whom he was about to practise a base
and unmanly deceit. He proclaimed his villainy on the spot, and
the marriage was interrupted, of course. But against the opinion
of more thinking men, who considered Sir Philip Forester as
having thrown himself out of the rank of men of honour, Captain
Falconer admitted him to the privilege of such, accepted a
challenge from him, and in the rencounter received a mortal
wound. Such are the ways of Heaven, mysterious in our eyes.
Lady Forester never recovered the shock of this dismal
intelligence.
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Spirit of the Border by Zane Grey: strike you?"
"I pulled his nose."
"You did? Good! Good!" cried Colonel Zane, heartily.
"By George, that's great! Tell me--but wait until you are more comfortable.
Your packs came safely on Jeff's raft, and you will find them inside."
As Joe followed the colonel he heard one of the other men say:
"Like as two peas in a pod."
Farther on he saw an Indian standing a little apart from the others. Hearing
Joe's slight exclamation of surprise, he turned, disclosing a fine, manly
countenance, characterized by calm dignity. The Indian read the boy's thought.
"Ugh! Me friend," he said in English.
The Spirit of the Border |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Eugenie Grandet by Honore de Balzac: Grandet is a g-g-good uncle; he m-m-means well. He has sold his
v-v-vintage. D-d-don't declare a f-f-failure; c-c-call a meeting;
l-l-liquidate; and then Gr-Gr-Grandet will see what he c-c-can do.
B-b-better liquidate than l-let the l-l-law st-st-stick its n-n-nose
in. Hein? isn't it so?"
"Exactly so," said the president.
"B-because, don't you see, Monsieur de B-Bonfons, a man must l-l-look
b-b-before he l-leaps. If you c-c-can't, you c-c-can't. M-m-must know
all about the m-m-matter, all the resources and the debts, if you
d-d-don't want to be r-r-ruined. Hein? isn't it so?"
"Certainly," said the president. "I'm of opinion that in a few months
Eugenie Grandet |
