| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Kenilworth by Walter Scott: betwixt us, it shall be in thy favour."
Then the Earl was approached, with several fantastic congees, by
a person quaintly dressed in a doublet of black velvet, curiously
slashed and pinked with crimson satin. A long cock's feather in
the velvet bonnet, which he held in his hand, and an enormous
ruff; stiffened to the extremity of the absurd taste of the
times, joined with a sharp, lively, conceited expression of
countenance, seemed to body forth a vain, harebrained coxcomb,
and small wit; while the rod he held, and an assumption of formal
authority, appeared to express some sense of official
consequence, which qualified the natural pertness of his manner.
Kenilworth |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Door in the Wall, et. al. by H. G. Wells: begging-letter writer in the room behind mine, and two flower-women
were upstairs. Perhaps it was a bit thoughtless. But possibly
some of them were out.
"When I came back the thing was just where I left it, among
the white-hot coals. The explosive hadn't burst the case. And
then I had a problem to face. You know time is an important
element in crystallisation. If you hurry the process the crystals
are small--it is only by prolonged standing that they grow to any
size. I resolved to let this apparatus cool for two years, letting
the temperature go down slowly during the time. And I was now
quite out of money; and with a big fire and the rent of my room, as
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson:
Treasure Island |
