| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Twilight Land by Howard Pyle: "Oh, but you will," said she; "I know you will."
"I will not," said he.
"But I can't trust you," said she "as long as you hold it in your
hand."
"Then I will lay it aside," said he, and so he did. Yes, he did;
and he is not the first man who has thrown aside a piece of good
luck for the sake of a pretty face. "Now are you afraid of me?"
said he.
"No, I am not," said she; and she reached out her hand as though
to give it to him. But, instead of doing so, she snatched up the
piece of blue glass as quick as a flash.
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Falk by Joseph Conrad: ger and hunt--and of women, perhaps!
But luckily the wine happened to be as old as
the waiter. So, comparatively empty, but upon the
whole fairly happy, we sat back and told our artless
tales. We talked of the sea and all its works. The
sea never changes, and its works for all the talk of
men are wrapped in mystery. But we agreed that
the times were changed. And we talked of old
ships, of sea-accidents, of break-downs, dismast-
ings; and of a man who brought his ship safe to
Liverpool all the way from the River Platte under
Falk |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Dust by Mr. And Mrs. Haldeman-Julius: God, as you believe, it doesn't do any good to argue with Him,
and if it's as I think and there's no God, there's no one to
argue with. But never mind about that now--it's no matter. You'll
listen carefully, won't you, Rose?"
"Yes, Martin."
"This abortion in the herd. You know what a terrible thing it
is."
"I certainly do; it's the cause of your leaving me."
"Rose, I know you'll be busy during the next few days--me dying,
the things that have to be arranged, the funeral and all that.
But when it's all over, you'll let that be the first thing, won't
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