| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Men of Iron by Howard Pyle: Lord of Alban sayeth; ye are his enemies, and ye are my enemies
as well. In this I do smell a vile plot. I cannot undo what I
have done, and since I have made this young man a knight with
mine own hands, I cannot deny that he is fit to challenge my Lord
of Alban. Ne'theless, the High Court of Chivalry shall adjudge
this case. Meantime," said he, turning to the Earl Marshal, who
was present, "I give thee this attainted Lord in charge. Convey
him presently to the Tower, and let him abide our pleasure there.
Also, thou mayst take up yon gage, and keep it till it is
redeemed according to our pleasure."
He stood thoughtfully for a moment, and then raising his eyes,
Men of Iron |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from When the Sleeper Wakes by H. G. Wells: reading of a vivid book, and suddenly doubts what he
has been taking unquestioningly. At that time he had
little mind for details; the whole effect was a huge
astonishment. Oddly enough, while the flight from
the Council prison, the great crowd in the hall, and
the attack of the red police upon the swarming people
were clearly present in his mind, it cost him an effort
to piece in his awakening and to revive the meditative
interval of the Silent Rooms. At first his memory
leapt these things and took him back to the cascade
at Pentargen quivering in the wind, and all the sombre
When the Sleeper Wakes |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from King Lear by William Shakespeare: But not without that harmful stroke which since
Hath pluck'd him after.
Alb. This shows you are above,
You justicers, that these our nether crimes
So speedily can venge! But O poor Gloucester!
Lose he his other eye?
Gent. Both, both, my lord.
This letter, madam, craves a speedy answer.
'Tis from your sister.
Gon. [aside] One way I like this well;
But being widow, and my Gloucester with her,
King Lear |
