| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The King of the Golden River by John Ruskin: the old man drank a great deal and gave him back the bottle two
thirds empty. Then he bade him good speed, and Gluck went on again
merrily. And the path became easier to his feet, and two or three
blades of grass appeared upon it, and some grasshoppers began
singing on the bank beside it, and Gluck thought he had never heard
such merry singing.
Then he went on for another hour, and the thirst increased
on him so that he thought he should be forced to drink. But as
he raised the flask he saw a little child lying panting by the
roadside, and it cried out piteously for water. Then Gluck
struggled with himself and determined to bear the thirst a little
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Chance by Joseph Conrad: fair side whiskers, who had been only three years in the ship,
seemed the least concerned. He was even known to have inquired once
or twice as to the success of some of his dishes with the captain's
wife. This was considered a sort of disloyal falling away from the
ruling feeling.
The mate's annoyance was yet the easiest to understand. As he let
it out to Powell before the first week of the passage was over:
'You can't expect me to be pleased at being chucked out of the
saloon as if I weren't good enough to sit down to meat with that
woman.' But he hastened to add: 'Don't you think I'm blaming the
captain. He isn't a man to be found fault with. You, Mr. Powell,
Chance |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Egmont by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe: of my danger, to waken, to kill me? Let each choose his own path, and
provide for his own safety.
Secretary. It may become you to be without a fear, but those who know
and love you--
Egmont (looking over the letter). Then he recalls the old story of our
sayings and doings, one evening, in the wantonness of conviviality and
wine; and what conclusions and inferences were thence drawn and
circulated throughout the whole kingdom! Well, we had a cap and bells
embroidered on the sleeves of our servants' liveries, and afterwards
exchanged this senseless device for a bundle of arrows;--a still more
dangerous symbol for those who are bent upon discovering a meaning
Egmont |
