| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Works of Samuel Johnson by Samuel Johnson: "over the fields of corn, that all the needs of man
may be easily satisfied, and that bread and sleep may
be found together."
Si quis invisum Cereri benignae
Me putat germen, vehementer errat;
Illa me in partem recipit libenter
Fertilis agri.
Meque frumentumque simul per omnes
Consulens mundo Dea spargit oras;
Creseite, O! dixit, duo magna susten-
tacula vitae.
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Ten Years Later by Alexandre Dumas: you the two horses I have just purchased; you will give me
your opinion, for I only bought them on condition that you
ratified the purchase. By the by, I have to beg your pardon
for having omitted to inquire after the Comte de la Fere."
While pronouncing these latter words, he closely observed De
Wardes, in order to perceive what effect the name of Raoul's
father would produce upon him. "I thank you," answered the
young man, "the count is very well." A gleam of deep hatred
passed into De Wardes' eyes. De Guiche, who appeared not to
notice the foreboding expression, went up to Raoul, and
grasping him by the hand, said, -- "It is agreed, then,
Ten Years Later |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Riverman by Stewart Edward White: Carroll saw the lake, slate blue and angry, with white-capped
billows to the limit of vision. Along the shore were rows and rows
of breakers, leaping, breaking, and gathering again, until they were
lost in a tumble of white foam that rushed and receded on the sands.
These did not look to be very large until she noticed the twin piers
reaching out from the river's mouth. Each billow, as it came in,
rose sullenly above them, broke tempestuously to overwhelm the
entire structure of their ends, and ripped inshore along their
lengths, the crest submerging as it ran every foot of the massive
structures. The piers and the light-houses at their ends looked
like little toys, and the compact black crowd of people on the shore
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