| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Adam Bede by George Eliot: While she was near Seth's tall figure, she looked short, but when
she had mounted the cart, and was away from all comparison, she
seemed above the middle height of woman, though in reality she did
not exceed it--an effect which was due to the slimness of her
figure and the simple line of her black stuff dress. The stranger
was struck with surprise as he saw her approach and mount the
cart--surprise, not so much at the feminine delicacy of her
appearance, as at the total absence of self-consciousness in her
demeanour. He had made up his mind to see her advance with a
measured step and a demure solemnity of countenance; he had felt
sure that her face would be mantled with the smile of conscious
Adam Bede |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Tarzan of the Apes by Edgar Rice Burroughs: For a moment it stood as though listening and then turned
slowly, and melted into the shadows of the jungle.
"What is it, John?"
"I do not know, Alice," he answered gravely, "it is too
dark to see so far, and it may have been but a shadow cast by
the rising moon."
"No, John, if it was not a man it was some huge and grotesque
mockery of man. Oh, I am afraid."
He gathered her in his arms, whispering words of courage
and love into her ears.
Soon after, he lowered the curtain walls, tying them securely
Tarzan of the Apes |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from On the Origin of Species by Charles Darwin: transmitted from one sex to both sexes or to one sex alone, more commonly
but not exclusively to the like sex. It is a fact of some little
importance to us, that peculiarities appearing in the males of our domestic
breeds are often transmitted either exclusively, or in a much greater
degree, to males alone. A much more important rule, which I think may be
trusted, is that, at whatever period of life a peculiarity first appears,
it tends to appear in the offspring at a corresponding age, though
sometimes earlier. In many cases this could not be otherwise: thus the
inherited peculiarities in the horns of cattle could appear only in the
offspring when nearly mature; peculiarities in the silkworm are known to
appear at the corresponding caterpillar or cocoon stage. But hereditary
On the Origin of Species |
