| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from At the Mountains of Madness by H. P. Lovecraft: up amidst the most appalling din and chaos - and earth had received
her loftiest and most terrible mountains.
If the scale of the
carvings was correct, these abhorred things must have been much
over forty thousand feet high - radically vaster than even the
shocking mountains of madness we had crossed. They extended, it
appeared, from about Latitude 77°, E. Longitude 70° to Latitude
70°, E. Longitude 100° - less than three hundred miles away from
the dead city, so that we would have spied their dreaded summits
in the dim western distance had it not been for that vague, opalescent
haze. Their northern end must likewise be visible from the long
At the Mountains of Madness |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Kwaidan by Lafcadio Hearn: Without a moment's hesitation, she answered him in these verses:--
"Izuru hi no
Honomeku iro wo
Waga sode ni
Tsutsumaba asu mo
Kimiya tomaran."
[If with my sleeve I hid the faint fair color of the dawning sun,-- then,
perhaps, in the morning my lord will remain."] [3]
Then Tomotada knew that she accepted his admiration; and he was scarcely
less surprised by the art with which she had uttered her feelings in verse,
than delighted by the assurance which the verses conveyed. He was now
Kwaidan |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Mother by Owen Wister: from our office was the firm of Blake and Beverly, Stocks and Bonds.
Thither my steps began frequently to turn. Mr. Beverly had business which
brought him every week to the room of our president; and so having a sort
of acquaintance with him, I felt it easier to consult him than to seek
any other among the brokers, to which class I was a well nigh total
stranger. He very kindly consented to be my adviser. I was well pleased
to find how much I had underrated the interest-bearing capacity of my
windfall. 'Four per cent!' he cried, when I told him this was the extent
of my expectations. 'Why, you're talking like a trustee.' And then seeing
that his meaning was beyond me, he explained in his bluff, humorous
manner. 'All a trustee cares for you know, is his reputation for safety.
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