| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Pagan and Christian Creeds by Edward Carpenter: that twins sometimes run in families, and in such cases really
do bring fertility with them. In cattle it is known nowadays
that there are more twins of the female sex than of the
male sex.[3]
[1] Primitive Culture, vol. i, p. 106.
[2] See The Golden Bough, i, 127.
[3] See Evolution of Sex, by Geddes and Thomson (1901), p. 41,
note.
Observations of this kind were naturally made by the
ablest members of the tribe--who were in all probability
the medicine-men and wizards--and brought in consequence
Pagan and Christian Creeds |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Scarlet Pimpernel by Baroness Emmuska Orczy: in fashion, but he had thrown it well back, burying his hands as was
his wont, in the deep pockets of his satin breeches: the gorgeous
white costume he had worn at Lord Grenville's ball, with its jabot of
priceless lace, looked strangely ghostly against the dark background
of the house.
He apparently did not notice her, for, after a few moments
pause, he presently turned back towards the house, and walked straight
up to the terrace.
"Sir Percy!"
He already had one foot on the lowest of the terrace steps,
but at her voice he started, and paused, then looked searchingly into
The Scarlet Pimpernel |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Hermione's Little Group of Serious Thinkers by Don Marquis: The groggy Soul Mate groping for its Twin,
The burgling free verse Blear, the Hobo Pote,
Clairvoyant, Cubist bug and Burlapped Greek,
Souse Socialists and queens with bright green hair,
Ginks leading barbered Art Dogs trimmed and
Sleek,
The Greenwich Stable Dwellers, Mule and Mare,
Pal Anarchs, tamed and wrapped in evening duds,
Philosophers who go wherever suds
Flow free, musicians hunting after eats,
And sandaled dames who hang from either ear
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