| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Phaedo by Plato: sun, moon and stars as they truly are, and their other blessedness is of a
piece with this.
The hollows on the surface of the globe vary in size and shape from that
which we inhabit: but all are connected by passages and perforations in
the interior of the earth. And there is one huge chasm or opening called
Tartarus, into which streams of fire and water and liquid mud are ever
flowing; of these small portions find their way to the surface and form
seas and rivers and volcanoes. There is a perpetual inhalation and
exhalation of the air rising and falling as the waters pass into the depths
of the earth and return again, in their course forming lakes and rivers,
but never descending below the centre of the earth; for on either side the
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Adam Bede by George Eliot: going to tea with her to-morrow afternoon."
The reason why there had been space for this tete-a-tete can only
be known by looking into the back kitchen, where Totty had been
discovered rubbing a stray blue-bag against her nose, and in the
same moment allowing some liberal indigo drops to fall on her
afternoon pinafore. But now she appeared holding her mother's
hand--the end of her round nose rather shiny from a recent and
hurried application of soap and water.
"Here she is!" said the captain, lifting her up and setting her on
the low stone shelf. "Here's Totty! By the by, what's her other
name? She wasn't christened Totty."
Adam Bede |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Mrs. Warren's Profession by George Bernard Shaw: or conscience; for of course it makes no real difference.
FRANK [shaking his head] None whatever to m e.
VIVIE. Nor to me.
FRANK [staring] But this is ever so surprising! [He goes back to
his chair]. I thought our whole relations were altered in your
imagination and conscience, as you put it, the moment those words
were out of that brute's muzzle.
VIVIE. No: it was not that. I didnt believe him. I only wish I
could.
FRANK. Eh?
VIVIE. I think brother and sister would be a very suitable
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