| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Lord Arthur Savile's Crime, etc. by Oscar Wilde: counter some extremely beautiful drawings in silver-point. I was
so attracted by them that I bought them; and the proprietor of the
place, a man called Rawlings, told me that they were done by a
young painter of the name of Edward Merton, who was very clever,
but as poor as a church mouse. I went to see Merton some days
afterwards, having got his address from the printseller, and found
a pale, interesting young man, with a rather common-looking wife -
his model, as I subsequently learned. I told him how much I
admired his drawings, at which he seemed very pleased, and I asked
him if he would show me some of his other work. As we were looking
over a portfolio, full of really very lovely things, - for Merton
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Koran: O thou who art enwrapped! rise by night except a little- the half,
or deduct therefrom a little, or add thereto, and chant the Koran
chanting. Verily, we will cast on thee a heavy speech.
Verily, the early part of the night is stronger in impressions and
more upright in speech!
Verily, thou hast by day a long employment; but mention the name
of thy Lord and devote thyself thoroughly to Him, the Lord of the east
and the west; there is no god but He; then take Him for a guardian!
And endure patiently what they say, and flee from them with a
decorous flight.
And leave me and those who say it is a lie, who are possessed of
The Koran |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Dawn O'Hara, The Girl Who Laughed by Edna Ferber: roses were not blooming along the edge of the sunken
brick walk.
She entered the room in silence, and no one could
have recognized in this pretty, fragile creature the
pitiful wreck of the juvenile court. And when Alma
Pflugel saw the face of the little sister--the poor,
marred, stricken face--her own face became terrible in
its agony. She put Bennie down very gently, rose, and
took the shaking little figure in her strong arms, and
held it as though never to let it go again. There were
little broken words of love and pity. She called her
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