| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from King James Bible: answered him not that day.
SA1 14:38 And Saul said, Draw ye near hither, all the chief of the
people: and know and see wherein this sin hath been this day.
SA1 14:39 For, as the LORD liveth, which saveth Israel, though it be in
Jonathan my son, he shall surely die. But there was not a man among all
the people that answered him.
SA1 14:40 Then said he unto all Israel, Be ye on one side, and I and
Jonathan my son will be on the other side. And the people said unto
Saul, Do what seemeth good unto thee.
SA1 14:41 Therefore Saul said unto the LORD God of Israel, Give a
perfect lot. And Saul and Jonathan were taken: but the people escaped.
King James Bible |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Soul of a Bishop by H. G. Wells: himself with an extended hand and waggling fingers.
"I wouldn't if I could. For your good I wouldn't. And even if I
would I couldn't, for I don't know the drug. One of his infernal
brews, no doubt. Something--accidental. It's lost--for good--
for your good, anyhow...."
(2)
Scrope halted outside the stucco portals of the doctor's house.
He hesitated whether he should turn to the east or the west.
"That door closes," he said. "There's no getting back that
way."...
He stood for a time on the kerb. He turned at last towards Park
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Scaramouche by Rafael Sabatini: or the other of this great quarrel that already was beginning to
agitate the whole of France. Their rallying cries were ringing
through the theatre.
"Down with the canaille!" from some.
"Down with the privileged!" from others.
And then above the general din one cry rang out sharply and
insistently:
"To the box! Death to the butcher of Rennes! Death to La Tour
d'Azyr who makes war upon the people!"
There was a rush for one of the doors of the pit that opened upon
the staircase leading to the boxes.
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