| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Koran: wing to those of the believers who follow thee; but if they rebel
against thee, say, 'Verily, I am clear of what ye do,' and rely thou
upon the mighty, merciful One, who sees thee when thou dost stand
up, and thy posturing amongst those who adore. Verily, He both hears
and knows!
Shall I inform you upon whom the devils descend? they descend upon
every sinful liar, and impart what they have heard; but most of them
are liars.
And the poets do those follow who go astray! Dost thou not see
that they wander distraught in every vale? and that they say that
which they do not do? save those who believe, and do right, and
The Koran |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from End of the Tether by Joseph Conrad: grave thoughts of heaven into the hours of ease, pre-
sented a closed Gothic portal to the light and glory of
the west. The glass of the rosace above the ogive glowed
like fiery coal in the deep carvings of a wheel of stone.
The two men faced about.
"I'll tell you what they ought to do next, Whalley,"
growled Captain Eliott suddenly.
"Well?"
"They ought to send a real live lord out here when
Sir Frederick's time is up. Eh?"
Captain Whalley perfunctorily did not see why a lord
End of the Tether |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Bucky O'Connor by William MacLeod Raine: beyond the limits of the town and cut across by a trail to a
siding on the Central Mexican Pacific tracks. The Irishman was
careful to take no chances, and kept his party in the mesquit
till the headlight of an approaching train was visible.
It drew up at the siding, and the three men boarded one of the
two cars which composed it. The coach next the engine was
occupied by a dozen trusted soldiers, who had formerly belonged
to the bodyguard of Megales. The last car was a private one, and
in it the three found Henderson, Bucky O'Connor, and his little
friend, the latter still garbed as a boy.
Frances was exceedingly eager to don again the clothes proper to
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