| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Island Nights' Entertainments by Robert Louis Stevenson: such a station that I saw the house with my mind's eye."
"The house, however, is not yet built," said Lopaka.
"No, nor like to be!" said Keawe; "for though my uncle has some
coffee and ava and bananas, it will not be more than will keep me
in comfort; and the rest of that land is the black lava."
"Let us go to the lawyer," said Lopaka; "I have still this idea in
my mind."
Now, when they came to the lawyer's, it appeared Keawe's uncle had
grown monstrous rich in the last days, and there was a fund of
money.
"And here is the money for the house!" cried Lopaka.
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Exiles by Honore de Balzac: passionate souls of his hearers on the wings of his word, making them
feel the infinite, and bathing them in the heavenly sea. Then the
Doctor accounted logically for hell by circles placed in inverse order
to the shining spheres that lead to God, in which torments and
darkness take the place of the Spirit and of light. Pain was as
intelligible as rapture. The terms of comparison were present in the
conditions of human life and its various atmospheres of suffering and
of intellect. Thus the most extraordinary traditions of hell and
purgatory were quite naturally conceivable.
He gave the fundamental /rationale/ of virtue with admirable
clearness. A pious man, toiling onward in poverty, proud of his good
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Secret Adversary by Agatha Christie: "That's all very well. But more money is essential. No money--no
results!"
Another voice which Tommy rather thought was that of Boris
replied:
"Will you guarantee that there ARE results?"
"In a month from now--sooner or later as you wish--I will
guarantee you such a reign of terror in Ireland as shall shake
the British Empire to its foundations."
There was a pause, and then came the soft, sibilant accents of
Number One:
"Good! You shall have the money. Boris, you will see to that."
Secret Adversary |
