| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Koran: merciful; and married women, save such as your right hands possess,-
God's Book against you!- but lawful for you is all besides this, for
you to seek them with your wealth, marrying them and not
fornicating; but such of them as ye have enjoyed, give them their hire
as a lawful due; for there is no crime in you about what ye agree
between you after such lawful due, verily, God is knowing and wise.
But whosoever of you cannot go the length of marrying marriageable
women who believe, then take of what your right hands possess, of your
maidens who believe;- though God knows best about your faith. Ye
come one from the other; then marry them with the permission of
their people, and give them their hire in reason, they being chaste
The Koran |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Glinda of Oz by L. Frank Baum: "Very well," said the Diamond Swan scornfully, as she
floated upon the water and swam gracefully here and
there. I'm glad to see you are foiled. Your punishment
is just beginning, for although you have enchanted me
and taken away my powers of sorcery you have still the
three magic fishes to deal with, and they'll destroy
you in time, mark my words."
The Su-dic stared at the Swan a moment. Then he
yelled to his men:
"Shoot her! Shoot the saucy bird!"
They let fly some arrows at the Diamond Swan, but she
Glinda of Oz |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Alkahest by Honore de Balzac: gravity (partly Spanish) harmonized well with the habits of their
life.
The inhabitants of Douai held the family in a religious esteem that
was well-nigh superstition. The sturdy honesty, the untainted loyalty
of the Claes, their unfailing decorum of manners and conduct, made
them the objects of a reverence which found expression in the name,--
the House of Claes. The whole spirit of ancient Flanders breathed in
that mansion, which afforded to the lovers of burgher antiquities a
type of the modest houses which the wealthy craftsmen of the Middle
Ages constructed for their homes.
The chief ornament of the facade was an oaken door, in two sections,
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