| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Daisy Miller by Henry James: It seemed so strange to hear her speak that way of her "reputation."
But he himself, in fact, must speak in accordance with gallantry.
The finest gallantry, here, was simply to tell her the truth;
and the truth, for Winterbourne, as the few indications I
have been able to give have made him known to the reader,
was that Daisy Miller should take Mrs. Walker's advice.
He looked at her exquisite prettiness, and then he said,
very gently, "I think you should get into the carriage."
Daisy gave a violent laugh. "I never heard anything so stiff!
If this is improper, Mrs. Walker," she pursued, "then I am all improper,
and you must give me up. Goodbye; I hope you'll have a lovely ride!"
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Case of the Golden Bullet by Grace Isabel Colbron and Augusta Groner: "How long did he stay away the first time?"
"Only one day."
"Good! Pull yourself together now. I'll send your George in to
you and tell him you haven't been feeling well. Don't tell any
one about our conversation. Where is the kitchen?"
"The last door to the right down the hall."
The peddler left the room and Nanette sank down dazed and trembling
on the nearest chair. George found her still pale, but he seemed
to think it quite natural that she should have been overcome by the
recollection of the terrible death of her mistress. He gave the
old man a most cordial invitation to return during the next few days.
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Tanach: 2_Chronicles 18: 15 And the king said to him: 'How many times shall I adjure thee that thou speak unto me nothing but the truth in the name of the LORD.'
2_Chronicles 18: 16 And he said: 'I saw all Israel scattered upon the mountains, as sheep that have no shepherd; and the LORD said: These have no master, let them return every man to his house in peace.'
2_Chronicles 18: 17 And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat: 'Did I not tell thee that he would not prophesy good concerning me, but evil?'
2_Chronicles 18: 18 And he said: 'Therefore hear ye the word of the LORD: I saw the LORD sitting upon His throne, and all the host of heaven standing on His right hand and on His left.
2_Chronicles 18: 19 And the LORD said: who shall entice Ahab king of Israel, that he may go up and fall at Ramoth-gilead? And one spoke saying after this manner, and another saying after that manner.
2_Chronicles 18: 20 And there came forth the spirit, and stood before the LORD, and said: I will entice him. And the LORD said unto him: Wherewith?
2_Chronicles 18: 21 And he said: I will go forth, and will be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets. And He said: Thou shalt entice him, and shalt prevail also; go forth, and do so.
2_Chronicles 18: 22 Now therefore, behold, the LORD hath put a lying spirit in the mouth of these thy prophets; and the LORD hath spoken evil concerning thee.'
2_Chronicles 18: 23 Then Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah came near, and smote Micaiah upon the check, and said: 'Which way went the spirit of the LORD from me to speak unto thee?'
The Tanach |
