| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Frankenstein by Mary Shelley: lake after that hour had rendered our residence within the walls of
Geneva very irksome to me. I was now free. Often, after the rest
of the family had retired for the night, I took the boat and passed
many hours upon the water. Sometimes, with my sails set, I was
carried by the wind; and sometimes, after rowing into the middle of
the lake, I left the boat to pursue its own course and gave way to
my own miserable reflections. I was often tempted, when all was at
peace around me, and I the only unquiet thing that wandered restless
in a scene so beautiful and heavenly--if I except some bat, or the frogs,
whose harsh and interrupted croaking was heard only when I approached
the shore--often, I say, I was tempted to plunge into the silent lake,
Frankenstein |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Economist by Xenophon: [18] "In weighing anchor."
[19] "Suspended tackle" (as opposed to wooden spars and masts, etc.)
Well, all these different things that I have named lay packed there in
a space but little larger than a fair-sized dining-room.[20] The
several sorts, moreover, as I noticed, lay so well arranged, there
could be no entanglement of one with other, nor were searchers
needed;[21] and if all were snugly stowed, all were alike get-at-
able,[22] much to the avoidance of delay if anything were wanted on
the instant.
[20] Lit. "a symmetrically-shaped dining-room, made to hold ten
couches."
|
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Grimm's Fairy Tales by Brothers Grimm: work and earn some money for us; go into the field and cut the corn
that we may have some bread.' 'Yes, dear Hans, I will do that.' After
Hans had gone away, she cooked herself some good broth and took it
into the field with her. When she came to the field she said to
herself: 'What shall I do; shall I cut first, or shall I eat first?
Oh, I will eat first.' Then she drank her cup of broth and when she
was fully satisfied, she once more said: 'What shall I do? Shall I cut
first, or shall I sleep first? I will sleep first.' Then she lay down
among the corn and fell asleep. Hans had been at home for a long time,
but Elsie did not come; then said he: 'What a clever Elsie I have; she
is so industrious that she does not even come home to eat.' But when
Grimm's Fairy Tales |
