| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen: very firm in general."
"It is as much as should be said of anyone. To be
always firm must be to be often obstinate. When properly
to relax is the trial of judgment; and, without reference
to my brother, I really think Miss Thorpe has by no means
chosen ill in fixing on the present hour."
The friends were not able to get together for any
confidential discourse till all the dancing was over;
but then, as they walked about the room arm in arm,
Isabella thus explained herself: "I do not wonder at
your surprise; and I am really fatigued to death. He is such
Northanger Abbey |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from King James Bible: NEH 5:19 Think upon me, my God, for good, according to all that I have
done for this people.
NEH 6:1 Now it came to pass when Sanballat, and Tobiah, and Geshem the
Arabian, and the rest of our enemies, heard that I had builded the wall,
and that there was no breach left therein; (though at that time I had
not set up the doors upon the gates;)
NEH 6:2 That Sanballat and Geshem sent unto me, saying, Come, let us
meet together in some one of the villages in the plain of Ono. But they
thought to do me mischief.
NEH 6:3 And I sent messengers unto them, saying, I am doing a great
work, so that I cannot come down: why should the work cease, whilst I
King James Bible |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Elixir of Life by Honore de Balzac: gray hair; then he put out the lamp.
By the soft moonlight that lit strange gleams across the country
without, Felipe could dimly see his father's body, a vague white
thing among the shadows. The dutiful son moistened a linen cloth
with the liquid, and, absorbed in prayer, he anointed the revered
face. A deep silence reigned. Felipe heard faint, indescribable
rustlings; it was the breeze in the tree-tops, he thought. But
when he had moistened the right arm, he felt himself caught by
the throat, a young strong hand held him in a tight grip--it was
his father's hand! He shrieked aloud; the flask dropped from his
hand and broke in pieces. The liquid evaporated; the whole
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