| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde: I am going to limit myself, for the future."
"Pray don't, Lady Ruxton," said Lord Henry. "Moderation is a fatal thing.
Enough is as bad as a meal. More than enough is as good as a feast."
Lady Ruxton glanced at him curiously. "You must come and explain that to me
some afternoon, Lord Henry. It sounds a fascinating theory," she murmured,
as she swept out of the room.
"Now, mind you don't stay too long over your politics and scandal,"
cried Lady Narborough from the door. "If you do, we are sure to
squabble upstairs."
The men laughed, and Mr. Chapman got up solemnly
from the foot of the table and came up to the top.
The Picture of Dorian Gray |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Copy-Cat & Other Stories by Mary E. Wilkins Freeman: mother Loomis's house, and I am going to live there
a whole year," she declared, in a slow, steady voice.
"As you know, I have enough to live on, and -- in
order that no word of mine can be garbled and twisted
as it has been to-night, I speak not at all. Every-
thing which I have to communicate shall be written
in black and white, and signed with my own name,
and black and white cannot lie."
It was Jane who spoke first. "What will people
say?" she whimpered, feebly.
"From what I have heard you all say to-night,
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Soul of a Bishop by H. G. Wells: He nodded.
"It's a pity," she said.
"What ?
"That he can't be left alone."
"It's Sir Reginald Phipps. The Church would be much more
tolerant if it wasn't for the House of Laymen. But they--they
feel they must do something."
He seized the opportunity of the music ceasing to get away from
the subject. "Miriam dear," he asked, raising his voice; "is that
109 or 111? I can never tell."
"That is always 111, Daddy," said Miriam. "It's the other one
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