| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The King of the Golden River by John Ruskin: was such a cloak; every fold in it ran like a gutter.
"I beg pardon, sir," said Gluck at length, after watching the
water spreading in long, quicksilver-like streams over the floor
for a quarter of an hour; "mayn't I take your cloak?"
"No, thank you," said the old gentleman.
"Your cap, sir?"
"I am all right, thank you," said the old gentleman rather
gruffly.
"But--sir--I'm very sorry," said Gluck hesitatingly, "but--
really, sir--you're--putting the fire out."
"It'll take longer to do the mutton, then," replied his
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Master of the World by Jules Verne: "Judge for yourself, Mr. Ward;" and I drew from my pocket the letter
with the initials.
Mr. Ward took it, glanced at its face, and asked, "What is this?"
"A letter signed only with initials, as you can see."
"And where was it posted?"
"In Morganton, in North Carolina."
"When did you receive it?"
"A month ago, the thirteenth of June."
"What did you think of it then?"
"That it had been written as a joke."
"And now Strock?"
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Koran: not find for him beside God a patron, or a help. But he who doeth good
works,- be it male or female,- and believes, they shall enter into
Paradise, and they shall not be wronged a jot.
Who has a better religion than he who resigns his face to God, and
does good, and follows the faith of Abraham, as a 'Hanif?- for God
took Abraham as a friend.
And God's is what is in the heavens and in the earth, and God
encompasses all things!
They will ask thee a decision about women; say, 'God decides for you
about them, and that which is rehearsed to you in the Book; about
orphan women to whom ye do not give what is prescribed for them, and
The Koran |
