| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Koran: used to work evil. He 'Said, 'O my people! here are my daughters, they
are purer for you; then, fear God, and do not disgrace me through my
guests;- is there not among you one right-thinking man?'
They said, 'Thou knowest that we have no claim on thy daughters;
verily, thou knowest what we want!' He said, 'Had I but power over
you; or could I but resort to some strong column....!' (The angels)
said, 'O Lot! verily, we are the messengers of thy Lord, they shall
certainly not reach thee; then travel with thy people in the
darkness of the night, and let none of you look round except thy wife:
verily, there shall befall her what befalls them. Verily, their
appointment is for the morning! and is not the morning nigh?'
The Koran |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Hermione's Little Group of Serious Thinkers by Don Marquis: Poor dear Fothy saw he must be on the wrong
track, so he changed the subject and began to tell
Aunt Fanny the plot of a new problem play. One
of the sex ones, you know.
"Heavens," said Aunt Fanny, and began to trem-
ble.
And they drew their chairs nearer together and
each one took a bottle of smelling salts out of a
little black bag, and they sat and trembled and
smelled their salts and stared at him perfectly fas-
cinated.
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Works of Samuel Johnson by Samuel Johnson: harassed him with perpetual solicitations for a small
annuity that might enable me to live in the country
in obscurity and innocence.
This demand he at first evaded with ardent
professions, but in time appeared offended at my
importunity and distrust; and having one day
endeavoured to sooth me with uncommon expressions
of tenderness, when he found my discontent
immoveable, left me with some inarticulate murmurs
of anger. I was pleased that he was at last roused
to sensibility, and expecting that at his next visit
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