| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne: Roger Chillingworth?"
"Yes, Hester; but only under the fallen leaves!" replied the
minister, with a sad smile.
"Then there is the broad pathway of the sea!" continued Hester.
"It brought thee hither. If thou so choose, it will bear thee
back again. In our native land, whether in some remote rural
village, or in vast London -- or, surely, in Germany, in France,
in pleasant Italy -- thou wouldst be beyond his power and
knowledge! And what hast thou to do with all these iron men, and
The Scarlet Letter |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Communist Manifesto by Karl Marx: things.
In all these movements they bring to the front, as the leading
question in each, the property question, no matter what its
degree of development at the time.
Finally, they labour everywhere for the union and agreement of
the democratic parties of all countries.
The Communists disdain to conceal their views and aims.
They openly declare that their ends can be attained only by
the forcible overthrow of all existing social conditions.
Let the ruling classes tremble at a Communistic revolution.
The proletarians have nothing to lose but their chains.
The Communist Manifesto |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Anthem by Ayn Rand: "The Golden One."
"Nor do we call you Equality 7-2521
when we think of you."
"What name have you given us?"
They looked straight into our eyes and
they held their head high and they answered:
"The Unconquered."
For a long time we could not speak.
Then we said:
"Such thoughts as these are forbidden,
Golden One."
Anthem |
