| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Troll Garden and Selected Stories by Willa Cather: up the snow-covered track before the siding and glittered on the
wet, black rails. The burly man with the disheveled red beard
walked swiftly up the platform toward the approaching train,
uncovering his head as he went. The group of men behind him
hesitated, glanced questioningly at one another, and awkwardly
followed his example. The train stopped, and the crowd shuffled up
to the express car just as the door was thrown open, the spare man
in the G. A. B. suit thrusting his head forward with curiosity.
The express messenger appeared in the doorway, accompanied by a
young man in a long ulster and traveling cap.
"Are Mr. Merrick's friends here?" inquired the young man.
The Troll Garden and Selected Stories |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Koran: And if any of your wives escape from you to the misbelievers, and
your turn comes, then give to those whose wives have gone away the
like of what they have spent; and fear God, in whom it is that ye
believe.
O thou prophet! when believing women come to thee and engage with
thee that they will not associate aught with God, and will not
steal, and will not fornicate, and will not kill their children, and
will not bring a calumny which they have forged between their hands
and feet, and that they will not rebel against thee in what is
reasonable, then engage with them and ask forgiveness for them of
God;-verily, God is forgiving, compassionate.
The Koran |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Vendetta by Honore de Balzac: rose, took Luigi's arm, and advanced firmly, followed by the
witnesses. A murmur of surprise, which went on increasing, and a
general whispering reminded Ginevra that all present were wondering at
the absence of her parents; her father's wrath seemed present to her.
"Call in the families," said the mayor to the clerk whose business it
was to read aloud the certificates.
"The father and mother protest," replied the clerk, phlegmatically.
"On both sides?" inquired the mayor.
"The groom is an orphan."
"Where are the witnesses?"
"Here," said the clerk, pointing to the four men, who stood with arms
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