| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Jude the Obscure by Thomas Hardy: No sooner does one expect you to go straight on, as the one rational
proceeding, than you double round the corner!"
"Ah, well; let that go! ... Jude, I must say good-bye! But I wanted
you to go to the cemetery with me. Let our farewell be there--
beside the graves of those who died to bring home to me the error
of my views."
They turned in the direction of the place, and the gate was
opened to them on application. Sue had been there often,
and she knew the way to the spot in the dark. They reached it,
and stood still.
"It is here--I should like to part," said she.
Jude the Obscure |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Betty Zane by Zane Grey: face.
Several young settlers followed in succession, but their aims were poor. Then
little Harry Bennet took his stand. Harry had won many prizes in former
matches, and many of the pioneers considered him one of the best shots in the
country
"Only a few more after you, Harry," said Col. Zane. "You have a good chance."
"All right, Colonel. That's Betty's prize and somebody'll have to do some
mighty tall shootin' to beat me," said the lad, his blue eyes flashing as he
toed the mark.
Shouts and cheers of approval greeted his attempt. The bullet had passed into
the wood so close to the nail that a knife blade could not have been inserted
Betty Zane |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Bucolics by Virgil: This is the chain of Venus that I ply.
"Draw from the town, my songs, draw Daphnis home.
As by the kindling of the self-same fire
Harder this clay, this wax the softer grows,
So by my love may Daphnis; sprinkle meal,
And with bitumen burn the brittle bays.
Me Daphnis with his cruelty doth burn,
I to melt cruel Daphnis burn this bay.
"Draw from the town, my songs, draw Daphnis home.
As when some heifer, seeking for her steer
Through woodland and deep grove, sinks wearied out
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