| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Father Goriot by Honore de Balzac: said. "Your love for me is as yet only the conventional gallantry
that men use to masquerade in; and, if you really loved me, you
would be driven to despair. I must keep silence, you see. Let us
talk of something else, for pity's sake," she added. "Let me show
you my rooms."
"No; let us stay here," answered Eugene; he sat down on the sofa
before the fire, and boldly took Mme. de Nucingen's hand in his.
She surrendered it to him; he even felt the pressure of her
fingers in one of the spasmodic clutches that betray terrible
agitation.
"Listen," said Rastignac; "if you are in trouble, you ought to
Father Goriot |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Walking by Henry David Thoreau: ward, as if we were the only motes in its beams. It was such a
light as we could not have imagined a moment before, and the air
also was so warm and serene that nothing was wanting to make a
paradise of that meadow. When we reflected that this was not a
solitary phenomenon, never to happen again, but that it would
happen forever and ever, an infinite number of evenings, and
cheer and reassure the latest child that walked there, it was
more glorious still.
The sun sets on some retired meadow, where no house is visible,
with all the glory and splendor that it lavishes on cities, and
perchance as it has never set before--where there is but a
Walking |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Rig Veda: where
spoil is gathered;
The Strong, who listens, who gives aid in battles, who slays
the
Vrtras, wins and gathers treasure.
HYMN L. Indra.
1. LET Indra drink, All-hail! for his is Soma,-the mighty Bull
come,
The Rig Veda |
