| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from A Pair of Blue Eyes by Thomas Hardy: it. And he did discover it at last--some flowers upon the table
being set throbbing by its pulsations.
'I think we had better give over,' said Knight, looking at her
gently. 'It is too much for you, I know. Let us write down the
position, and finish another time.'
'No, please not,' she implored. 'I should not rest if I did not
know the result at once. It is your move.'
Ten minutes passed.
She started up suddenly. 'I know what you are doing?' she cried,
an angry colour upon her cheeks, and her eyes indignant. 'You
were thinking of letting me win to please me!'
A Pair of Blue Eyes |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Koran: which did not believe before, unless it has earned some good by its
faith. Say, 'Wait ye expectant, then we wait expectant too.'
Verily, those who divided their religion and became sects, thou hast
not to do with them, their matter is in God's hands, He will yet
inform them of that which they have done.
He who brings a good work shall have ten like it; but he who
brings a bad work shall be recompensed only with the like thereof, for
they shall not be wronged.
Say, 'As for me, my Lord has guided me to the right way, a right
religion,- the faith of Abraham the 'Hanif, for he was not of the
idolaters.'
The Koran |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Muse of the Department by Honore de Balzac: the hapless Public Prosecutor, to whom the greatest favor had
consisted in clasping Dinah's hand to his heart more tenderly than
usual as they walked, happy man!
And Madame de la Baudraye, to be true to her reputation as a Superior
Woman, tried to console the Manfred of the Press by prophesying such a
future of love as he had not had in his mind.
"You have sought pleasure," said she, "but you have never loved.
Believe me, true love often comes late in life. Remember Monsieur de
Gentz, who fell in love in his old age with Fanny Ellsler, and left
the Revolution of July to take its course while he attended the
dancer's rehearsals."
The Muse of the Department |
