| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Kreutzer Sonata by Leo Tolstoy: attention: the baby in the cradle, and the rope which was
attached to the ladder. Approaching the cradle, he began with
his thin fingers quickly to untie the knot in the rope by which
the two were connected. After untying it he stood for a few
moments looking silently at the baby.
Akulina did not notice this proceeding, and with her cakes on the
board went to place them in a corner.
Polikey quickly hid the rope beneath his coat, and again seated
himself on the bed.
"What is it that troubles you, Illitch?" inquired Akulina. "You
are not yourself."
The Kreutzer Sonata |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Alexandria and her Schools by Charles Kingsley: small strip of fertile mountain land, containing innumerable military
positions from which an enemy might annoy Egypt, being, in fact, one
natural chain of fortresses, was the key to Phoenicia and Syria. It was
an eagle's eyrie by the side of a pen of fowls. It must not be left
defenceless for a single year. Tyre and Gaza had been taken; so no
danger was to be apprehended from the seaboard: but to subdue the
Judean mountaineers, a race whose past sufferings had hardened them in a
dogged fanaticism of courage and endurance, would be a long and
sanguinary task. It was better to make terms with them; to employ them
as friendly warders of their own mountain walls. Their very fanaticism
and isolation made them sure allies. There was no fear of their
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Camille by Alexandre Dumas: "He has twenty-five thousand francs a year."
"Ah, indeed! Well, to return to you. Marguerite asked me all
about you: who you were, what you did, what mistresses you had
had; in short, everything that one could ask about a man of your
age. I told her all I knew, and added that you were a charming
young man. That's all."
"Thanks. Now tell me what it was she wanted to say to you last
night."
"Nothing at all. It was only to get rid of the count; but I have
really something to see her about to-day, and I am bringing her
an answer now."
Camille |
