| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Hamlet by William Shakespeare: Thence to a Lightnesse, and by this declension
Into the Madnesse whereon now he raues,
And all we waile for
King. Do you thinke 'tis this?
Qu. It may be very likely
Pol. Hath there bene such a time, I'de fain know that,
That I haue possitiuely said, 'tis so,
When it prou'd otherwise?
King. Not that I know
Pol. Take this from this; if this be otherwise,
If Circumstances leade me, I will finde
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from In the South Seas by Robert Louis Stevenson: chiefly upon Mapiao and his visits to the CASCO: the news of which
had probably gone abroad by then to all the island, so that there
was no paepae in Hiva-oa where they did not make the subject of
excited comment.
Not much beyond we came upon a high place in the foot of the
ravine. Two roads divided it, and met in the midst. Save for this
intersection the amphitheatre was strangely perfect, and had a
certain ruder air of things Roman. Depths of foliage and the bulk
of the mountain kept it in a grateful shadow. On the benches
several young folk sat clustered or apart. One of these, a girl
perhaps fourteen years of age, buxom and comely, caught the eye of
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Secret Sharer by Joseph Conrad: The very trust in Providence was, I suppose, denied to his guilt.
Shall I confess that this thought cast me down very much?
And as to the chapter of accidents which counts for so much
in the book of success, I could only hope that it was closed.
For what favorable accident could be expected?
"Did you hear everything?" were my first words as soon as we took
up our position side by side, leaning over my bed place.
He had. And the proof of it was his earnest whisper, "The man told you
he hardly dared to give the order."
I understood the reference to be to that saving foresail.
"Yes. He was afraid of it being lost in the setting."
The Secret Sharer |
