| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Koran: the two females, or what the wombs of the two females contain? Were ye
witnesses when God ordained for you these?- Then who is more unjust
than he who devises a lie against God, to lead men astray without
knowledge? verily, God guides not the unjust people.'
Say, 'I cannot find in what I am inspired with anything unlawful for
the taster to taste; unless it be dead (of itself), or blood that
has been shed, or the flesh of swine,- for that is a horror- or an
abomination that is consecrated to other than God. But he who is
forced, not wilfully nor transgressing,- then, verily, thy Lord is
forgiving and merciful.'
To those who were Jews did we prohibit everything that hath a
The Koran |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Aspern Papers by Henry James: She rated it at a thousand pounds."
"Couldn't we sell it?" asked Miss Tita.
"God forbid! I prefer the picture to the money."
"Well then keep it."
"You are very generous."
"So are you."
"I don't know why you should think so," I replied; and this
was a truthful speech, for the singular creature appeared
to have some very fine reference in her mind, which I did
not in the least seize.
"Well, you have made a great difference for me," said Miss Tita.
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Tarzan the Untamed by Edgar Rice Burroughs: the same scent."
The young Englishman shook his head. "No," he said, "I
cannot understand."
"I doubt if the lions or the man are here necessarily for the
purpose of harming us," said Tarzan, "because there has been
nothing to prevent their doing so long before had they wished
to. I have a theory, but it is utterly preposterous."
"What is it?" asked the girl.
"I think they are here," replied Tarzan, "to prevent us from
going some place that they do not wish us to go; in other
words we are under surveillance, and possibly as long as we
Tarzan the Untamed |
