| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Cromwell by William Shakespeare: From London here to Antwerp.
My husband he is in the governour's hands,
And God no doubt will treble bless your gain.
CROMWELL.
Good mistress Banister, what I can, I will,
In any thing that lies within my power.
MISTRESS BANISTER.
O speak to Bagot, that same wicked wretch,
An Angel's voice may move a damned devil.
CROMWELL.
Why, is he come to Antwerp, as you here?
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Dreams by Olive Schreiner: on earth than to hold her."
His friend laughed.
"It was but a beam playing on the water, or the shadow of your own head.
Tomorrow you will forget her," he said.
But tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow the hunter walked alone. He
sought in the forest and in the woods, by the lakes and among the rushes,
but he could not find her. He shot no more wild fowl; what were they to
him?
"What ails him?" said his comrades.
"He is mad," said one.
"No; but he is worse," said another; "he would see that which none of us
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Youth by Joseph Conrad: She tossed, she pitched, she stood on her head, she sat on
her tail, she rolled, she groaned, and we had to hold on
while on deck and cling to our bunks when below, in a
constant effort of body and worry of mind.
"One night Mahon spoke through the small window
of my berth. It opened right into my very bed, and I
was lying there sleepless, in my boots, feeling as though
I had not slept for years, and could not if I tried. He
said excitedly--
"'You got the sounding-rod in here, Marlow? I can't
get the pumps to suck. By God! it's no child's play.'
Youth |
