| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Mayflower Compact: of the Ends aforesaid; And by Virtue hereof do enact,
constitute, and frame, such just and equall Laws, Ordinances,
Acts, Constitutions, and Offices, from time to time,
as shall be thought most meete and convenient for the
Generall Good of the Colonie; unto which we promise
all due Submission and Obedience.
In Witness whereof we have hereunto subscribed our names
at Cape Cod the eleventh of November, in the Raigne of our
Sovereigne Lord, King James of England, France, and Ireland,
the eighteenth, and of Scotland, the fiftie-fourth,
Anno. Domini, 1620.
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Salome by Oscar Wilde: vos paons.
HERODE. Taisez-vous. Vous criez toujours. Vous criez comme une
bete de proie. Il ne faut pas crier comme cela. Votre voix
m'ennuie. Taisez-vous, je vous dis . . . Salome, pensez e ce que
vous faites. Cet homme vient peut-etre de Dieu. Je suis sur qu'il
vient de Dieu. C'est un saint homme. Le doigt de Dieu l'a touche.
Dieu a mis dans sa bouche des mots terribles. Dans le palais, comme
dans le desert, Dieu est toujours avec lui . . . Au moins, c'est
possible. On ne sait pas, mais il est possible que Dieu soit pour
lui et avec lui. Aussi peut-etre que s'il mourrait, il m'arriverait
un malheur. Enfin, il a dit que le jour ou il mourrait il
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Daisy Miller by Henry James: Daisy stood there smiling; she threw back her head and gave a little,
light laugh. "I like a gentleman to be formal!" she declared.
"I assure you it's a formal offer."
"I was bound I would make you say something," Daisy went on.
"You see, it's not very difficult," said Winterbourne.
"But I am afraid you are chaffing me."
"I think not, sir," remarked Mrs. Miller very gently.
"Do, then, let me give you a row," he said to the young girl.
"It's quite lovely, the way you say that!" cried Daisy.
"It will be still more lovely to do it."
"Yes, it would be lovely!" said Daisy. But she made no movement
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