| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Rezanov by Gertrude Atherton: vigor, and he even looked forward to the four
months of what was then the severest traveling in
the world, in a boyish spirit of adventure. He re-
flected that he might as well give his brain a relief
from the constant revolving of schemes and plans
for the advancement of his country, his company,
and himself, and let his thoughts have their car-
nival of anticipation with the unparalleled happiness
and success that awaited him in the future. There
was no possible doubt of the acquiescence and assist-
ance of the Tsar, and no man ever looked down a
Rezanov |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from A Second Home by Honore de Balzac: is a man to be feared for his power in the congregation, if he should
try to blight our happiness I would find means--"
"What could you do?"
"We would go to Italy: I would fly--"
A shriek that rang out from the adjoining room made Roger start and
Mademoiselle de Bellefeuille quake; but she rushed into the drawing-
room, and there found Madame de Granville in a dead faint. When the
Countess recovered her senses, she sighed deeply on finding herself
supported by the Count and her rival, whom she instinctively pushed
away with a gesture of contempt. Mademoiselle de Bellefeuille rose to
withdraw.
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Macbeth by William Shakespeare: Blessing vpon you
Wife. Father'd he is,
And yet hee's Father-lesse
Rosse. I am so much a Foole, should I stay longer
It would be my disgrace, and your discomfort.
I take my leaue at once.
Exit Rosse.
Wife. Sirra, your Fathers dead,
And what will you do now? How will you liue?
Son. As Birds do Mother
Wife. What with Wormes, and Flyes?
Macbeth |
