| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare: O, slow-wing'd turtle! shall a buzzard take thee?
KATHERINA.
Ay, for a turtle, as he takes a buzzard.
PETRUCHIO.
Come, come, you wasp; i' faith, you are too angry.
KATHERINA.
If I be waspish, best beware my sting.
PETRUCHIO.
My remedy is, then, to pluck it out.
KATHERINA.
Ay, if the fool could find it where it lies.
The Taming of the Shrew |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Reason Discourse by Rene Descartes: although the several buildings of the former may often equal or surpass in
beauty those of the latter, yet when one observes their indiscriminate
juxtaposition, there a large one and here a small, and the consequent
crookedness and irregularity of the streets, one is disposed to allege
that chance rather than any human will guided by reason must have led to
such an arrangement. And if we consider that nevertheless there have been
at all times certain officers whose duty it was to see that private
buildings contributed to public ornament, the difficulty of reaching high
perfection with but the materials of others to operate on, will be readily
acknowledged. In the same way I fancied that those nations which, starting
from a semi-barbarous state and advancing to civilization by slow degrees,
Reason Discourse |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen: "Almost this moment."
"This is very unfortunate. But Mrs. Smith must
be obliged;--and her business will not detain you from
us long I hope."
He coloured as he replied, "You are very kind, but I
have no idea of returning into Devonshire immediately.
My visits to Mrs. Smith are never repeated within
the twelvemonth."
"And is Mrs. Smith your only friend? Is Allenham the only
house in the neighbourhood to which you will be welcome?
For shame, Willoughby, can you wait for an invitation here?"
Sense and Sensibility |
