| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Unseen World and Other Essays by John Fiske: The question was sure to arise, Whence came this pneuma or
spiritual quality? Whether the question ever distinctly presented
itself to Paul's mind cannot be determined. Probably it did not.
In those writings of his which have come down to us, he shows
himself careless of metaphysical considerations. He is mainly
concerned with exhibiting the unsatisfactory character of Jewish
Christianity, and with inculcating a spiritual morality, to which
the doctrine of Christ's resurrection is made to supply a
surpassingly powerful sanction. But attempts to solve the problem
were not long in coming. According to a very early tradition, of
which the obscured traces remain in the synoptic gospels, Jesus
The Unseen World and Other Essays |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Arizona Nights by Stewart Edward White: plans. But every minute or so one of us would catch on some
word, and then we'd trail off into rhymes and laughter and
repetition.
"Keep him going as long as you can," said Denton.
"Yes."
"And be sure to stick to the beach."
That far it was all right and clear-headed. But the word "beach"
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Voice of the City by O. Henry: She declares she won't set a foot on the stage un-
less 'Haytosser' is the best that can be raked up --
She was raised in a village, you know, and when a
Broadway orchid sticks a straw in his hair and tries
to call himself a clover blossom she's on, all right.
I asked her, in a sarcastic vein, if she thought Den-
man Thompson would make any kind of a show in the
part. 'Oh, no,' says she. 'I don't want him or
John Drew or Jim Corbett or any of these swell
actors that don't know a turnip from a turnstile. I
want the real article.' So, my boy, if you want to
The Voice of the City |
