| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from In a German Pension by Katherine Mansfield: up my mind to know Shakespeare in his mother tongue before I die, but that
you, Frau Professor, should be already immersed in those wells of English
thought!"
"From what I have read," she said, "I do not think they are very deep
wells."
He nodded sympathetically.
"No," he answered, "so I have heard...But do not let us embitter our
excursion for our little English friend. We will speak of this another
time."
"Nu, are we ready?" cried Fritz, who stood, supporting Elsa's elbow in his
hand, at the foot of the steps. It was immediately discovered that Karl
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from King James Bible: believe only, and she shall be made whole.
LUK 8:51 And when he came into the house, he suffered no man to go in,
save Peter, and James, and John, and the father and the mother of the
maiden.
LUK 8:52 And all wept, and bewailed her: but he said, Weep not; she is
not dead, but sleepeth.
LUK 8:53 And they laughed him to scorn, knowing that she was dead.
LUK 8:54 And he put them all out, and took her by the hand, and called,
saying, Maid, arise.
LUK 8:55 And her spirit came again, and she arose straightway: and he
commanded to give her meat.
King James Bible |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Water-Babies by Charles Kingsley: before. It was not quite well bred, no doubt; but you know, Tom
had not finished his education yet.
"Come, away, children," said the otter in disgust, "it is not worth
eating, after all. It is only a nasty eft, which nothing eats, not
even those vulgar pike in the pond."
"I am not an eft!" said Tom; "efts have tails."
"You are an eft," said the otter, very positively; "I see your two
hands quite plain, and I know you have a tail."
"I tell you I have not," said Tom. "Look here!" and he turned his
pretty little self quite round; and, sure enough, he had no more
tail than you.
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