| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy: conclusion that the chief mistake made by the student in 1809 had been
to try to kill Napoleon with a dagger. But as his chief aim
consisted not in carrying out his design, but in proving to himself
that he would not abandon his intention and was doing all he could
to achieve it, Pierre hastily took the blunt jagged dagger in a
green sheath which he had bought at the Sukharev market with the
pistol, and hid it under his waistcoat.
Having tied a girdle over his coat and pulled his cap low on his
head, Pierre went down the corridor, trying to avoid making a noise or
meeting the captain, and passed out into the street.
The conflagration, at which he had looked with so much
War and Peace |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Rescue by Joseph Conrad: "And this means. . . ."
"It means that the news has spread. And it is before Tengga's
enclosure on his end of the beach. That's where all the brains of
the Settlement are. It means talk and excitement and plenty of
crafty words. Tengga's fire! I tell you, Mrs. Travers, that
before half an hour has passed Daman will be there to make
friends with the fat Tengga, who is ready to say to him, 'I told
you so'."
"I see," murmured Mrs. Travers. Lingard drew her gently to the
rail.
"And now look over there at the other end of the beach where the
The Rescue |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Faraday as a Discoverer by John Tyndall: [5] Regarding Anderson, Faraday writes thus in 1845:--'I cannot
resist the occasion that is thus offered to me of mentioning the
name of Mr. Anderson, who came to me as an assistant in the glass
experiments, and has remained ever since in the laboratory of the
Royal Institution. He assisted me in all the researches into which
I have entered since that time; and to his care, steadiness,
exactitude, and faithfulness in the performance of all that has been
committed to his charge, I am much indebted.--M. F.' (Exp. Researches,
vol. iii. p. 3, footnote.)
Chapter 3.
Discovery of Magneto-electricity: Explanation of Argo's magnetism of
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