| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Kenilworth by Walter Scott: the ninth day, an the revels last so long, we shall have her with
us at Kenilworth, even if she should travel with her bantling on
her back."
There was something in this speech which took away all desire on
the Countess of Leicester's part to continue the conversation.
But having broken the charm by speaking to her fellow-traveller
first, the good dame, who was to play Rare Gillian of Croydon in
one of the interludes, took care that silence did not again
settle on the journey, but entertained her mute companion with a
thousand anecdotes of revels, from the days of King Harry
downwards, with the reception given them by the great folk, and
Kenilworth |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad: There were moments when one's past came back to one, as it
will sometimes when you have not a moment to spare for yourself;
but it came in the shape of an unrestful and noisy dream,
remembered with wonder amongst the overwhelming realities
of this strange world of plants, and water, and silence.
And this stillness of life did not in the least resemble a peace.
It was the stillness of an implacable force brooding over an
inscrutable intention. It looked at you with a vengeful aspect.
I got used to it afterwards; I did not see it any more; I had no time.
I had to keep guessing at the channel; I had to discern, mostly by
inspiration, the signs of hidden banks; I watched for sunken stones;
Heart of Darkness |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Criminal Sociology by Enrico Ferri: prevented the increase of crimes.
Imperial Rome deluded herself with the idea that she could stamp
out Christianity with punishments and tortures, which, however,
only seemed to fan the flame. In the same way Catholic Europe
hoped to extinguish Protestantism by means of vindictive
persecution, and only produced the opposite effect, as always
happens. If the Reformed faith does not strike root in Italy,
France, and Spain, that must be explained by psychological reasons
proper to those nations, independently of the stake and of
massacres, for it did not strike root even when religious belief
was liberated from its fetters. This does not prevent all
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