| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Child of Storm by H. Rider Haggard: poisoned, and that Masapo should seem to poison him, so that he might be
killed as a wizard and I marry Mameena."
Now, at this astounding statement, which was something beyond the
experience of the most cunning and cruel savage present there, a gasp of
astonishment went up from the audience; even old Zikali lifted his head
and stared. Nandie, too, shaken out of her usual calm, rose as though
to speak; then, looking first at Saduko and next at Mameena, sat herself
down again and waited. But Saduko went on again in the same cold,
measured voice:
"I gave Mameena a powder which I had bought for two heifers from a great
doctor who lived beyond the Tugela, but who is now dead, which powder I
Child of Storm |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Golden Sayings of Epictetus by Epictetus: and her eyes they blind.
V
Keep neither a blunt knife nor an ill-disciplined looseness
of tongue.
VI
Nature hath given men one tongue but two ears, that we may
hear from others twice as much as we speak.
VII
Do not give sentence in another tribunal till you have been
yourself judged in the tribunal of Justice.
VIII
The Golden Sayings of Epictetus |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from A Prince of Bohemia by Honore de Balzac: /Britannicus/ to add, 'Remark the stairs! Pay particular attention to
the stairs; do not forget to tell him about the stairs!'
"In every position into which chance has thrown La Palferine, he has
never failed to rise to the occasion. All that he does is witty and
never in bad taste; always and in everything he displays the genius of
Rivarol, the polished subtlety of the old French noble. It was he who
told that delicious anecdote of a friend of Laffitte the banker. A
national fund had been started to give back to Laffitte the mansion in
which the Revolution of 1830 was brewed, and this friend appeared at
the offices of the fund with, 'Here are five francs, give me a hundred
sous change!'--A caricature was made of it.--It was once La
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