| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Emma McChesney & Co. by Edna Ferber: "Sit down," said Emma McChesney, and pulled a chair nearer her
desk. "No; wait a minute! Let me look at you. Now, Ella,
don't try to tell me that THAT dress came from Des Moines, Iowa!
Do I! Why, child, it's distinctive!"
Miss Sweeney, still standing, smiled a pleased but rather
preoccupied smile. Her eyes roved toward the door.
Emma McChesney, radiating good will and energy, went on:
"Wait till you see our new samples! You'll buy a million
dollars' worth. Just let me lead you to our new Walk-Easy
bifurcated skirt. We call it the `one-stepper's delight.' "
She put a hand on Ella Sweeney's arm, preparatory to guiding her
Emma McChesney & Co. |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Kenilworth by Walter Scott: lord and master, whom I hold to be fulfilled in all nobleness,
would use such base and sinful means to rise, as thy speech
points at?"
"Tush, man," said Varney, "never look at me with so sad a brow.
You trap me not--nor am I in your power, as your weak brain may
imagine, because I name to you freely the engines, the springs,
the screws, the tackle, and braces, by which great men rise in
stirring times. Sayest thou our good lord is fulfilled of all
nobleness? Amen, and so be it--he has the more need to have
those about him who are unscrupulous in his service, and who,
because they know that his fall will overwhelm and crush them,
Kenilworth |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Exiles by Honore de Balzac: are; He opens His temple to all His creatures. Only, do not forget the
pattern of Moses; put your shoes from off your feet, cast off all
filth, leave your body far behind; otherwise you shall be consumed;
for God--God is Light!"
Just as Doctor Sigier spoke these grand words, his face radiant, his
hand uplifted, a sunbeam pierced through an open window, like a magic
jet from a fount of splendor, a long triangular shaft of gold that lay
like a scarf over the whole assembly. They all clapped their hands,
for the audience accepted this effect of the sinking sun as a miracle.
There was a universal cry of:
"/Vivant/! /Vivant/!"
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