| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Tales of the Klondyke by Jack London: room.'
"And I said: 'It is so. It was cold, and there was no room. But
that is past. Now my heart is like the snowfall in the spring,
when the sun has come back. There is a great thaw and a bending,
a sound of running waters, and a budding and sprouting of green
things. And there is drumming of partridges, and songs of robins,
and great music, for the winter is broken, Passuk, and I have
learned the love of woman.'
"She smiled and moved for me to draw her closer. And she said, 'I
am glad.' After that she lay quiet for a long time, breathing
softly, her head upon my breast. Then she whispered: 'The trail
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Puck of Pook's Hill by Rudyard Kipling: said?' Kadmiel cried. 'Never! When did they torture him?'
'No man may be bound, or fined, or slain till he has
been judged by his peers,' Puck insisted. 'There is but
one Law in Old England for Jew or Christian - the Law
that was signed at Runnymede.'
'Why, that's Magna Charta!' Dan whispered. It was
one of the few history dates that he could remember.
Kadmiel turned on him with a sweep and a whirr of his
spicy-scented gown.
'Dost thou know of that, babe?' he cried, and lifted his
hands in wonder.
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Village Rector by Honore de Balzac: saw my home in the woods, my little Benjamin, my Catherine. He kept
his word, that good Monsieur Bonnet. But one thing was lacking. When
at last I was released, Catherine was not at the gate of the galleys;
she was not on the common. No doubt she has died of grief. That is why
I am always sad. Now, thanks to you, I shall have useful work to do; I
can employ both body and soul,--and my boy, too, for whom I live."
"I begin to understand how it is that the rector has changed the
character of this whole community," said Madame Graslin.
"Nothing can resist him," said Farrabesche.
"Yes, yes, I know it!" replied Veronique, hastily, making a gesture of
farewell to her keeper.
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