| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Almayer's Folly by Joseph Conrad: canoe fast again hastily, and ran towards the house and up the
steps of the verandah.
"Tuan! Tuan!" he called, eagerly. "The boats are coming. The
man-of-war's boats. You had better get ready. The officers will
come here, I know."
Almayer lifted his head slowly from the table, and looked at him
stupidly.
"Mem Putih!" exclaimed Babalatchi to Nina, "look at him. He does
not hear. You must take care," he added meaningly.
Nina nodded to him with an uncertain smile, and was going to
speak, when a sharp report from the gun mounted in the bow of the
Almayer's Folly |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Enoch Arden, &c. by Alfred Tennyson: O ye, the wise who think, the wise who reign,
From growing commerce loose her latest chain,
And let the fair white-winged peacemaker fly
To happy havens under all the sky,
And mix the seasons and the golden hours,
Till each man finds his own in all men's good,
And all men work in noble brotherhood,
Breaking their mailed fleets and armed towers,
And ruling by obeying Nature's powers,
And gathering all the fruits of peace and crown'd with
all her flowers.
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie: "I suppose," said Lawrence quietly, "that I should."
"What do you mean by you 'suppose'? Your brother has no children.
You *WOULD inherit it, wouldn't you?"
"Yes."
"Ah, that's better," said Heavywether, with ferocious geniality.
"And you'd inherit a good slice of money too, wouldn't you?"
"Really, Sir Ernest," protested the judge, "these questions are
not relevant."
Sir Ernest bowed, and having shot his arrow proceeded.
"On Tuesday, the 17th July, you went, I believe, with another
guest, to visit the dispensary at the Red Cross Hospital in
The Mysterious Affair at Styles |
