| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Long Odds by H. Rider Haggard: followed doggedly in my tracks.
"We soon reached the kloof, which was about three hundred yards in
length and but sparsely wooded, and then the real fun began. There
might be a lion behind every bush--there certainly were four lions
somewhere; the delicate question was, where. I peeped and poked and
looked in every possible direction, with my heart in my mouth, and was
at last rewarded by catching a glimpse of something yellow moving behind
a bush. At the same moment, from another bush opposite me out burst one
of the cubs and galloped back towards the burnt pan. I whipped round
and let drive a snap shot that tipped him head over heels, breaking his
back within two inches of the root of the tail, and there he lay
Long Odds |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Babbitt by Sinclair Lewis: 'Twixt the original and Oriental decorations, the strange and delicious food,
and the personalities both of the distinguished guests, the charming hostess
and the noted host, never has Zenith seen a more recherche affair than the
Ceylon dinner-dance given last evening by Mr. and Mrs. Charles McKelvey to Sir
Gerald Doak. Methought as we--fortunate one!--were privileged to view that
fairy and foreign scene, nothing at Monte Carlo or the choicest ambassadorial
sets of foreign capitals could be more lovely. It is not for nothing that
Zenith is in matters social rapidly becoming known as the choosiest inland
city in the country.
Though he is too modest to admit it, Lord Doak gives a cachet to our smart
quartier such as it has not received since the ever-memorable visit of the
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Barlaam and Ioasaph by St. John of Damascus: shalt be damned. All the things that thou seest to-day, wherein
thou gloriest, -- pomp, luxury, riches, and all the deceitfulness
of life, -- quickly pass away; and they shall cast thee hence
whether thou wilt or no. And thy body will be imprisoned in a
tiny grave, left in utter loneliness, and bereft of all company
of kith and kin. And all the pleasant things of the world shall
perish; and instead of the beauty and fragrance of to-day, thou
shalt be encompassed with horror and the stink of corruption.
But thy soul shall they hurl into the nether-regions of the
earth, into the condemnation of Hades, until the final
resurrection, when re-united to her body, she shall be cast forth
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