| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Mosses From An Old Manse by Nathaniel Hawthorne: seems to occupy an unfortunate position between the
Transcendentalists (who, under one name or another, have their
share in all the current literature of the world) and the great
body of pen-and-ink men who address the intellect and sympathies
of the multitude. If not too refined, at all events too remote,
too shadowy, and unsubstantial in his modes of development to
suit the taste of the latter class, and yet too popular to
satisfy the spiritual or metaphysical requisitions of the former,
he must necessarily find himself without an audience, except here
and there an individual or possibly an isolated clique. His
writings, to do them justice, are not altogether destitute of
Mosses From An Old Manse |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe: "I wish he'd never been born!" said George, bitterly. "I wish
I'd never been born myself!"
Surprised and frightened, Eliza sat down, leaned her head
on her husband's shoulder, and burst into tears.
"There now, Eliza, it's too bad for me to make you feel so,
poor girl!" said he, fondly; "it's too bad: O, how I wish you
never had seen me--you might have been happy!"
"George! George! how can you talk so? What dreadful thing has
happened, or is going to happen? I'm sure we've been very happy,
till lately."
"So we have, dear," said George. Then drawing his child on his
Uncle Tom's Cabin |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Dracula by Bram Stoker: we go forth to our terrible enterprise. Are we all armed,
as we were on that night when first we visited our enemy's lair.
Armed against ghostly as well as carnal attack?"
We all assured him.
"Then it is well. Now, Madam Mina, you are in any case quite
safe here until the sunset. And before then we shall return.
. .if. . .We shall return! But before we go let me see you armed
against personal attack. I have myself, since you came down,
prepared your chamber by the placing of things of which we know,
so that He may not enter. Now let me guard yourself.
On your forehead I touch this piece of Sacred Wafer in the name
Dracula |
