| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Wrecker by Stevenson & Osbourne: emotion, like a charge of electricity, to his best man. We stood
up to the ceremony at last, in a general and kindly
discomposure. Jim was all abroad; and the divine himself
betrayed his sympathy in voice and demeanour, and concluded
with a fatherly allocution, in which he congratulated Mamie
(calling her "my dear") upon the fortune of an excellent
husband, and protested he had rarely married a more
interesting couple. At this stage, like a glory descending, there
was handed in, ex machina, the card of Douglas B. Longhurst,
with congratulations and four dozen Perrier-Jouet. A bottle
was opened; and the minister pledged the bride, and the
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Koran: Who is more unjust than he who is reminded of the signs of his Lord,
and then turns away from them? Verily, we will take vengeance on the
sinners!
And we did give Moses the Book; be not then in doubt concerning
the meeting with him; and we made it a guidance to the children of
Israel.
And we made amongst them high priests who guided by our bidding,
since they were patient and were sure of our signs.
Verily, thy Lord, he shall decide between them on the resurrection
day concerning that whereon they do dispute.
Is it not conspicuous to them how many generations we have destroyed
The Koran |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Nada the Lily by H. Rider Haggard: heading for the shore. She grasped him by the tail with her right
hand. Then he put out his strength--he was very strong. She took
struck out with her feet and left hand, and slowly--very slowly--drew
near. Then I stretched out the handle of my assegai towards her. She
caught it with her left hand. Already her feet were over the brink of
the rapids, but I pulled and Koos pulled, and we brought her safe into
the shadows, and from the shallows to the bank, and there she fell
gasping.
Now when the soldiers on the other bank saw that we had crossed, they
shouted threats at us, then ran away down the bank.
"Arise, Baleka!" I said: "they have gone to see a ford."
Nada the Lily |
