| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Divine Comedy (translated by H.F. Cary) by Dante Alighieri: Where losing me, perchance ye may remain
Bewilder'd in deep maze. The way I pass
Ne'er yet was run: Minerva breathes the gale,
Apollo guides me, and another Nine
To my rapt sight the arctic beams reveal.
Ye other few, who have outstretch'd the neck.
Timely for food of angels, on which here
They live, yet never know satiety,
Through the deep brine ye fearless may put out
Your vessel, marking, well the furrow broad
Before you in the wave, that on both sides
The Divine Comedy (translated by H.F. Cary) |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Lone Star Ranger by Zane Grey: surrounding a neat little adobe house. Some children were
playing in the yard. The way they ran at sight of Duane hinted
of both the loneliness and the fear of their isolated lives.
Duane saw a woman come to the door, then a man. The latter
looked keenly, then stepped outside. He was a sandy-haired,
freckled Texan.
"Howdy, stranger," he called, as Duane halted. "Get down, you
an' your woman. Say, now, air you sick or shot or what? Let
me--"
Duane, reeling in his saddle, bent searching eyes upon the
rancher. He thought he saw good will, kindness, honesty. He
The Lone Star Ranger |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Profits of Religion by Upton Sinclair: Prophets. Queen of Apostles. Queen of Martyrs. Queen of
Confessors. Queen of Virgins. Queen of all Saints. Queen
conceived without original sin. Queen of the most holy Rosary.
Queen of Peace, Pray for us.
Thanksgivings
For another five cents--how cheaply a man of insight can obtain
thrills in this fantastic world!--I purchase a copy of the
"Messenger of the Sacred Heart", a magazine published in New
York, the issue for October, 1917. There are pages of
advertisements of schools and colleges with strange titles:
"Immaculata Seminary", "Holy Cross Academy", "Holy Ghost
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