| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Confessio Amantis by John Gower: Thurgh eny thing that I can seie.
Do wey, mi fader, I you preie:
Of that ye have unto me told
I thonke you a thousendfold. 5410
The tales sounen in myn Ere,
Bot yit min herte is elleswhere,
I mai miselve noght restreigne,
That I nam evere in loves peine:
Such lore couthe I nevere gete,
Which myhte make me foryete
O point, bot if so were I slepte,
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Witch, et. al by Anton Chekhov: was sexton here in the old days, and when the time came for him
to die, he went to the Consistory and asked them to send some
unmarried man to marry me that I might keep the place. So I
married him."
"Aha, so you killed two birds with one stone!" said the postman,
looking at Savely's back. "Got wife and job together."
Savely wriggled his leg impatiently and moved closer to the wall.
The postman moved away from the table, stretched, and sat down on
the mail-bag. After a moment's thought he squeezed the bags with
his hands, shifted his sword to the other side, and lay down with
one foot touching the floor.
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Voice of the City by O. Henry: idea was originated by a visiting Prince of Tartary
while dining at the Waldorf. It will soon give way
to some other whim. Just as at a dinner party this
week on Madison Avenue a green kid glove was laid
by the plate of each guest to be put on and used while
eating olives."
"I see," admitted the young man, humbly.
"These special diversions of the inner circle do not
become familiar to the common public."
"Sometimes," continued the girl, acknowledging
his confession of error by a slight bow, "I have
The Voice of the City |
