| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Louis Lambert by Honore de Balzac: but because it perhaps was the turning-point of his scientific career.
By the law of custom in all schools, Thursday and Sunday were
holidays; but the services, which we were made to attend very
regularly, so completely filled up Sunday, that we considered Thursday
our only real day of freedom. After once attending Mass, we had a long
day before us to spend in walks in the country round the town of
Vendome. The manor of Rochambeau was the most interesting object of
our excursions, perhaps by reason of its distance; the smaller boys
were very seldom taken on so fatiguing an expedition. However, once or
twice a year the class-masters would hold out Rochambeau as a reward
for diligence.
Louis Lambert |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Kidnapped by Robert Louis Stevenson: was no rock that Alan could set his back to; and the sailors
began to spread out and come behind him.
"And then," said Alan, "the little man with the red head -- I
havenae mind of the name that he is called."
"Riach," said I.
"Ay" said Alan, "Riach! Well, it was him that took up the clubs
for me, asked the men if they werenae feared of a judgment, and,
says he 'Dod, I'll put my back to the Hielandman's mysel'.'
That's none such an entirely bad little man, yon little man with
the red head," said Alan. "He has some spunks of decency."
"Well," said I, "he was kind to me in his way."
Kidnapped |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Crisis in Russia by Arthur Ransome: understood, and so in every way to bring the ideas of
the Centre quickly to the backwoods of the Republic. It works
also in the opposite direction, helping to make the voice of
the backwoods heard at Moscow. This is illustrated by a
painted pillar-box on one of the wagons, with a slot for
letters, labelled, "For Complaits of Every Kind." Anybody
anywhere who has grievance, thinks he is being unfairly
treated, or has a suggestion to make, can speak with
the Centre in this way. When the train is on a voyage
telegrams announce its arrival beforehand, so that the local
Soviets can make full use of its advantages, arranging meetings,
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