| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Mad King by Edgar Rice Burroughs: you. Do you perfectly understand me?"
"But, your majesty," exclaimed the officer, "why is it
necessary that you leave thus surreptitiously? May not the
king go and come in his own kingdom as he desires? Let
me announce your wishes to Prince Peter that he may fur-
nish you with a proper escort. Doubtless he will wish to
accompany you himself, sire."
"You will do precisely what I say without further com-
ment," snapped Barney. "Now get a--" He had been about
to say: "Now get a move on you," when it occurred to him
that this was not precisely the sort of language that kings
The Mad King |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde: the less interesting. You know I am not a champion of marriage.
The real drawback to marriage is that it makes one unselfish.
And unselfish people are colourless. They lack individuality.
Still, there are certain temperaments that marriage makes more complex.
They retain their egotism, and add to it many other egos.
They are forced to have more than one life. They become more
highly organized, and to be highly organized is, I should fancy,
the object of man's existence. Besides, every experience
is of value, and whatever one may say against marriage,
it is certainly an experience. I hope that Dorian Gray will
make this girl his wife, passionately adore her for six months,
The Picture of Dorian Gray |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from A Woman of No Importance by Oscar Wilde: die they go to Paris.
LADY HUNSTANTON. Indeed? And when bad Americans die, where do
they go to?
LORD ILLINGWORTH. Oh, they go to America.
KELVIL. I am afraid you don't appreciate America, Lord
Illingworth. It is a very remarkable country, especially
considering its youth.
LORD ILLINGWORTH. The youth of America is their oldest tradition.
It has been going on now for three hundred years. To hear them
talk one would imagine they were in their first childhood. As far
as civilisation goes they are in their second.
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