| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Koran: and of them are the reverse of that; we have tried them with good
things and with bad things; haply they may return.
But there succeeded them successors who inherited the Book! They
take the goods of this lower world and say, 'It will be forgiven
us.' But if the like goods came to them they would take them too!
Was there not taken from them a covenant by the Book, that they should
not say against God aught but the truth? Yet they study therein! But
the abode of the future life is better for those who fear- do ye not
then understand? But those who hold fast by the Book and are steadfast
in prayer- verily, we will not waste the hire of those who do right.
And when we shook the mountain over them, as though it were a
The Koran |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Tales of Unrest by Joseph Conrad: which, stretching from the westward over the earth and over the
seas, passed far beyond his own hand's-breadth of conquered land. He
multiplied questions; he could never know enough of the Monarch of
whom he spoke with wonder and chivalrous respect--with a kind of
affectionate awe! Afterwards, when we had learned that he was the son
of a woman who had many years ago ruled a small Bugis state, we came
to suspect that the memory of his mother (of whom he spoke with
enthusiasm) mingled somehow in his mind with the image he tried to
form for himself of the far-off Queen whom he called Great,
Invincible, Pious, and Fortunate. We had to invent details at last
to satisfy his craving curiosity; and our loyalty must be pardoned,
Tales of Unrest |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Return of the Native by Thomas Hardy: and after a few moments she relinquished the attempt.
Seeing this he moved forward and said, "Let me tie them."
She assented in silence, and lifted her chin. For once
at least in her life she was totally oblivious of the
charm of her attitude. But he was not, and he turned
his eyes aside, that he might not be tempted to softness.
The strings were tied; she turned from him. "Do you
still prefer going away yourself to my leaving you?"
he inquired again.
"I do."
"Very well--let it be. And when you will confess
Return of the Native |
