| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Iron Puddler by James J. Davis: to me. Some men say that life has no meaning; that men are the
playthings of blind forces that crush them, and there is no
answer to the riddle. This is nonsense. I admit that we are in
the grip of blind forces. But we are not blind. We can not change
those forces. If we fight against them they will crush us. But by
going with them, guiding our careers along their courses, they
will bear us to the port we're steering for.
The mob spirit in man is one of those blind forces that so
often lead to shipwreck. The mob-mind differs from the mind of
reason. To tell them apart is like distinguishing mushrooms from
toadstools. They look alike, but one means health and the other
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Adam Bede by George Eliot: displeased with me for going," said Seth.
"She'll be none displeased," said Adam emphatically, getting up
and throwing off his coat. "It might be a great happiness to us
all if she'd have thee, for mother took to her so wonderful and
seemed so contented to be with her."
"Aye," said Seth, rather timidly, "and Dinah's fond o' Hetty too;
she thinks a deal about her."
Adam made no reply to that, and no other word but "good-night"
passed between them.
Chapter XXXI
In Hetty's Bed-Chamber
Adam Bede |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Reef by Edith Wharton: herself so talked over and scrutinized may have shown itself
in her manner to Owen, and set him imagining the insane
things he did...I understand all she must have felt, and I
agree with her that it's best she should go away for a
while. She's made me," Anna summed up, "feel as if I'd been
dreadfully thick-skinned and obtuse!"
"YOU?"
"Yes. As if I'd treated her like the bric-a-brac that used
to be sent down here 'on approval,' to see if it would look
well with the other pieces." She added, with a sudden flush
of enthusiasm: "I'm glad she's got it in her to make one
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