| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Records of a Family of Engineers by Robert Louis Stevenson: to render walking more safe, for, from the slippery state of
the surface of the rock, many severe tumbles had taken place.
In the meantime the writer took the necessary levels, and
having carefully examined the site of the building and
considered all its parts, it still appeared to be necessary to
excavate to the average depth of fourteen inches over the
whole area of the foundation.
[Saturday, 28th May]
The wind still continued from the eastward with a heavy
swell; and to-day it was accompanied with foggy weather and
occasional showers of rain. Notwithstanding this, such was
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from King Lear by William Shakespeare: Kent. I say yea.
Lear. No, no, they would not!
Kent. Yes, they have.
Lear. By Jupiter, I swear no!
Kent. By Juno, I swear ay!
Lear. They durst not do't;
They would not, could not do't. 'Tis worse than murther
To do upon respect such violent outrage.
Resolve me with all modest haste which way
Thou mightst deserve or they impose this usage,
Coming from us.
King Lear |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Vendetta by Honore de Balzac: "My mother insists on my leaving the studio. The young ladies say that
you have some intrigue, and that Monsieur Servin allows the young man
whom you love to stay in the dark attic. I have never believed these
calumnies nor said a word to my mother about them. But last night
Madame Roguin met her at a ball and asked her if she still sent me
here. When my mother answered yes, Madame Roguin told her the
falsehoods of those young ladies. Mamma scolded me severely; she said
I must have known it all, and that I had failed in proper confidence
between mother and daughter by not telling her. Oh! my dear Ginevra!
I, who took you for my model, oh! how grieved I am that I can't be
your companion any longer."
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