| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wilson by Mark Twain: "Has any friend of yours?"
"Not that I know of."
"Well, I begin to think I understand why your scheme failed."
"What do you mean, Tom? What are you driving at?" asked Wilson,
with a dawning sense of discomfort.
"Why, that there _isn't_ any such knife."
"Look here, Wilson," said Blake, "Tom Driscoll's right,
for a thousand dollars--if I had it."
Wilson's blood warmed a little, and he wondered if he had been played
upon by those strangers; it certainly had something of that look.
But what could they gain by it? He threw out that suggestion.
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Lysis by Plato: To us, clearly.
And we shall be allowed to throw in salt by handfuls, whereas the son will
not be allowed to put in as much as he can take up between his fingers?
Of course.
Or suppose again that the son has bad eyes, will he allow him, or will he
not allow him, to touch his own eyes if he thinks that he has no knowledge
of medicine?
He will not allow him.
Whereas, if he supposes us to have a knowledge of medicine, he will allow
us to do what we like with him--even to open the eyes wide and sprinkle
ashes upon them, because he supposes that we know what is best?
Lysis |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Lady Windermere's Fan by Oscar Wilde: still in the supper-room. She wants you to make her apologies to
them. She said she didn't wish to be disturbed. [Drops letter.]
She asked me to tell you!
LORD WINDERMERE. [Picks up letter.] You have dropped something.
MRS. ERLYNNE. Oh yes, thank you, that is mine. [Puts out her hand
to take it.]
LORD WINDERMERE. [Still looking at letter.] But it's my wife's
handwriting, isn't it?
MRS. ERLYNNE. [Takes the letter quickly.] Yes, it's - an address.
Will you ask them to call my carriage, please?
LORD WINDERMERE. Certainly.
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