| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Poems by Bronte Sisters: And life, a labour, void and brief;
And Death, the despot of the whole!
SYMPATHY.
There should be no despair for you
While nightly stars are burning;
While evening pours its silent dew,
And sunshine gilds the morning.
There should be no despair--though tears
May flow down like a river:
Are not the best beloved of years
Around your heart for ever?
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Betty Zane by Zane Grey: Betty had gone upstairs to dress for the dance. "Perhaps it is only that Betty
grows a little tired of this howling wilderness. Small wonder if she does. You
know she has always been used to comfort and many young people, places to go
and all that. This is her first winter on the frontier. She'll come round all
right."
"Have it your way, Ebenezer," answered his wife with a look of amused contempt
on her face. "I am sure I hope you are right. By the way, what do you think of
this Ralfe Miller? He has been much with Betty of late."
"I do not know the fellow, Bessie. He seems agreeable. He is a good-looking
young man. Why do you ask?"
"The Major told me that Miller had a bad name at Pitt, and that he had been a
Betty Zane |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from St. Ives by Robert Louis Stevenson: Robbie.
So soon as we were clear of the crowd - 'Mr. Robbie?' said I,
bowing.
'The very same, sir,' said he.
'If I mistake not, a lawyer?'
'A writer to His Majesty's Signet, at your service.'
'It seems we were predestined to be acquaintances!' I exclaimed.
'I have here a card in my pocket intended for you. It is from my
family lawyer. It was his last word, as I was leaving, to ask to
be remembered kindly, and to trust you would pass over so informal
an introduction.'
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