| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Love and Friendship by Jane Austen: England as in this Period of its History; never were amiable men
so scarce. The number of them throughout the whole Kingdom
amounting only to FIVE, besides the inhabitants of Oxford who
were always loyal to their King and faithful to his interests.
The names of this noble five who never forgot the duty of the
subject, or swerved from their attachment to his Majesty, were as
follows--The King himself, ever stedfast in his own support
--Archbishop Laud, Earl of Strafford, Viscount Faulkland and Duke
of Ormond, who were scarcely less strenuous or zealous in the
cause. While the VILLIANS of the time would make too long a list
to be written or read; I shall therefore content myself with
Love and Friendship |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Arrow of Gold by Joseph Conrad: "For the same reason for which you call me dear at the end of a
sentence like that: for want of something more amusing to do. You
don't pretend to make me believe that you do it for any sort of
reason that a decent person would confess to."
The colour had gone from her face; but a fit of wickedness was on
me and I pursued, "What are the motives of your speeches? What
prompts your actions? On your own showing your life seems to be a
continuous running away. You have just run away from Paris. Where
will you run to-morrow? What are you everlastingly running from -
or is it that you are running after something? What is it? A man,
a phantom - or some sensation that you don't like to own to?"
The Arrow of Gold |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Records of a Family of Engineers by Robert Louis Stevenson: approbation, it is distressing when one is obliged to put on a
most angry countenance and demeanour; but from such culpable
negligence as you have shown there is no avoiding it. I hold
it as a fixed maxim that, when a man or a family put on a
slovenly appearance in their houses, stairs, and lanterns, I
always find their reflectors, burners, windows, and light in
general, ill attended to; and, therefore, I must insist on
cleanliness throughout.' `I find you very deficient in the
duty of the high tower. You thus place your appointment as
Principal Keeper in jeopardy; and I think it necessary, as an
old servant of the Board, to put you upon your guard once for
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