| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Reminiscences of Tolstoy by Leo Tolstoy: white as milk, curly white hair; big, queer blue eyes, queer by
reason of their deep, serious expression. Very intelligent and
ugly. She will be one of the riddles; she will suffer, she will
seek and find nothing, will always be seeking what is least
attainable.
The sixth, Peter, is a giant, a huge, delightful baby in a
mob-cap, turns out his elbows, strives eagerly after something.
My wife falls into an ecstasy of agitation and emotion when she
holds him in her arms; but I am completely at a loss to
understand. I know that he has a great store of physical energy,
but whether there is any purpose for which the store is wanted I
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Betty Zane by Zane Grey: at the upper end of the hall, where Dan Watkins stood. The fiddlers ceased
playing, the dancers stopped, and all looked expectantly. The scene was simple
strong, and earnest. The light in the eyes of these maidens shone like the
light from the pine cones on the walls. It beamed soft and warm. These
fearless sons of the wilderness, these sturdy sons of progress, standing there
clasping the hands of their partners and with faces glowing with happiness,
forgetful of all save the enjoyment of the moment, were ready to go out on the
morrow and battle unto the death for the homes and the lives of their loved
ones.
"Friends," said Dan when the hum of voices had ceased "I never thought as how
I'd have to get up here and make a speech to-night or I might have taken to
Betty Zane |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Democracy In America, Volume 2 by Alexis de Toqueville: dignity, glory, or reverence which a man receives from his kind;
and in this sense a man is said to acquire honor. 2. Honor
signifies the aggregate of those rules by the assistance of which
this dignity, glory, or reverence is obtained. Thus we say that
a man has always strictly obeyed the laws of honor; or a man has
violated his honor. In this chapter the word is always used in
the latter sense.]
I think these peculiarities may be otherwise explained than
by the mere caprices of certain individuals and nations, as has
hitherto been the customary mode of reasoning on the subject.
Mankind is subject to general and lasting wants that have
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