| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from A Straight Deal by Owen Wister: When a young man, a friend of Bright's, an Englishman, had been caught
here in a plot to seize a vessel and make her into another Alabama, John
Bright asked mercy for him; and here are Lincoln's words in consequence:
"whereas one Rubery was convicted on or about the twelfth day of October,
1863, in the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of
California, of engaging in, and giving aid and comfort to the existing
rebellion against the Government of this Country, and sentenced to ten
years' imprisonment, and to pay a fine of ten thousand dollars;
"And whereas, the said Alfred Rubery is of the immature age of twenty
years, and of highly respectable parentage;
"And whereas, the said Alfred Rubery is a subject of Great Britain, and
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Youth by Joseph Conrad: name.
"We made our way north. A breeze sprang up, and
about noon all the boats came together for the last time.
I had no mast or sail in mine, but I made a mast out of a
spare oar and hoisted a boat-awning for a sail, with a
boat-hook for a yard. She was certainly over-masted,
but I had the satisfaction of knowing that with the wind
aft I could beat the other two. I had to wait for them.
Then we all had a look at the captain's chart, and, after
a sociable meal of hard bread and water, got our last
instructions. These were simple: steer north, and keep
Youth |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Scenes from a Courtesan's Life by Honore de Balzac: confession of the ineptitude of justice that rogues so old should be
at large!
Jacques Collin had been the cashier, not only of the "Ten-thousand,"
but also of the "Great Pals," the heroes of the hulks. Competent
authorities admit that the hulks have always owned large sums. This
curious fact is quite conceivable. Stolen goods are never recovered
but in very singular cases. The condemned criminal, who can take
nothing with him, is obliged to trust somebody's honesty and capacity,
and to deposit his money; as in the world of honest folks, money is
placed in a bank.
Long ago Bibi-Lupin, now for ten years a chief of the department of
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