| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from When a Man Marries by Mary Roberts Rinehart: collar was gone; Anne's red eyes showed it was true. And there we
stood, every one of us a miserable picture of guilt, and tried to
look innocent and debonair and unsuspicious. Finally Jim held up
his hand and signified that he wanted to say something.
"It's like this," he said, "until this thing is cleared up, for
Heaven's sake, let's try to be sane! If every fellow thinks the
other fellow did it, this house will be a nice little hell to
live in. And if anybody"--here he glared around--"if anybody has
got funny and is hiding those jewels, I want to say that he'd
better speak up now. Later, it won't be so easy for him. It's a
mighty poor joke."
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Rezanov by Gertrude Atherton: obstacles, to the amiable cooperation of fate. He
could arrive in Okhotsk late in September or early
in October. Captain D'Wolf, who had been de-
tained at Sitka during his absence by the same in-
difference that had operated against the completion
of the Avos, would precede him and order that all
be in readiness at Okhotsk both for the ships and
his journey to Yakutsk. He could proceed at once;
and, no doubt, with twice the number or horses
needed, would make the first and most difficult stage
of the journey in the usual time, and with no great
Rezanov |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Barlaam and Ioasaph by St. John of Damascus: in men the first seeds, as it were, towards their becoming of the
household of God, and winning that life which is hid in Christ.
Wherefore many, profiting by this most pleasant teaching, turned
away from the bitter darkness of error, and approached the sweet
light of Truth; insomuch that certain of their noblemen and
senators laid aside all the burthens of life, and thenceforth
became monks.
But when the king heard thereof, he was filled with wrath, and,
boiling over with indignation, passed a decree forthwith,
compelling all Christians to renounce their religion. Thereupon
he planned and practised new kinds of torture against them, and
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