| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Resurrection by Leo Tolstoy: my interest in your action--which, if you will allow me to say
so, is not well considered--is not based on personal motives; it
is on principle that I cannot agree with you. I should advise you
to think it well over, to read---?"
"Please allow me to settle my affairs, and to choose what to read
and what not to read, myself," said Nekhludoff, turning pale.
Feeling his hands grow cold, and that he was no longer master of
himself, he stopped, and began drinking his tea.
CHAPTER XXXIII.
THE AIM OF THE LAW.
"Well, and how are the children?" Nekhludoff asked his sister
Resurrection |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The First Men In The Moon by H. G. Wells: shorter, thicker Selenite marched at first on our right flank, but
presently came in front of us again.
How well the picture of that grouping has bitten into my brain; the back
of Cavor's downcast head just in front of me, and the dejected droop of
his shoulders, and our guide's gaping visage, perpetually jerking about
him, and the goad-bearers on either side, watchful, yet open-mouthed - a
blue monochrome. And after all, I do remember one other thing besides the
purely personal affair, which is, that a sort of gutter came presently
across the floor of the cavern, and then ran along by the side of the path
of rock we followed. And it was full of that same bright blue luminous
stuff that flowed out of the great machine. I walked close beside it, and
The First Men In The Moon |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Beauty and The Beast by Bayard Taylor: faltering voices, "For mother's sake, I promise."
"Remember that you were only boys to her. She might have made all
this seem easier, for women have reasons for things no man can
answer. Mind, within a year after I'm gone!"
He rose and tottered out of the room.
The twins looked at each other: David said, "Must we?" and
Jonathan, "How can we?" Then they both thought, "It may be a long
while yet." Here was a present comfort, and each seemed to hold it
firmly in holding the hand of the other, as they fell asleep side
by side.
The trial was nearer than they imagined. Their father died before
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