| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Mucker by Edgar Rice Burroughs: enjoy a cigar.
Now, from the moment that he had been sentenced Billy
Byrne's mind had been centered upon one thought--escape.
He knew that there probably would be not the slightest
chance for escape; but nevertheless the idea was always
uppermost in his thoughts.
His whole being revolted, not alone against the injustice
which had sent him into life imprisonment, but at the thought
of the long years of awful monotony which lay ahead of him.
He could not endure them. He would not! The deputy
sheriff rose, and motioning his prisoner ahead of him,
The Mucker |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Richard III by William Shakespeare: Enter a MESSENGER
MESSENGER. My gracious sovereign, now in Devonshire,
As I by friends am well advertised,
Sir Edward Courtney and the haughty prelate,
Bishop of Exeter, his elder brother,
With many moe confederates, are in arms.
Enter another MESSENGER
SECOND MESSENGER. In Kent, my liege, the Guilfords are in
arms;
And every hour more competitors
Flock to the rebels, and their power grows strong.
Richard III |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Meno by Plato: BOY: Yes.
SOCRATES: And how many spaces are there in this section?
BOY: Four.
SOCRATES: And how many in this?
BOY: Two.
SOCRATES: And four is how many times two?
BOY: Twice.
SOCRATES: And this space is of how many feet?
BOY: Of eight feet.
SOCRATES: And from what line do you get this figure?
BOY: From this.
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