| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Maid Marian by Thomas Love Peacock: the colossal emblem of an unarmed neutrality.
At length, through the midst of the internal confusion, the earl,
by the help of his good sword, the staunch valour of his men,
and the blessing of the Virgin, fought his way to the chapel-gate--
his bowmen closed him in--he vaulted into his saddle, clapped spurs to
his horse, rallied his men on the first eminence, and exchanged his sword
for a bow and arrow, with which he did old execution among the pursuers,
who at last thought it most expedient to desist from offensive warfare,
and to retreat into the abbey, where, in the king's name, they broached
a pipe of the best wine, and attached all the venison in the larder,
having first carefully unpacked the tuft of friars, and set the fallen
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Mysterious Island by Jules Verne: it again on the coast--"
"Even the photographic box!" exclaimed the sailor incredulously.
"As to that apparatus," replied Harding, "I do not quite see the use of
it; and a more complete supply of clothes or more abundant ammunition would
have been more valuable to us as well as to any other castaways!"
"But isn't there any mark or direction on these instruments, tools, or
books, which would tell us something about them?" asked Gideon Spilett.
That might be ascertained. Each article was carefully examined,
especially the books, instruments and weapons. Neither the weapons nor the
instruments, contrary to the usual custom, bore the name of the maker; they
were, besides, in a perfect state, and did not appear to have been used.
The Mysterious Island |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Reign of King Edward the Third by William Shakespeare: Disgrace it with his body presently;
For I do hold a tree in France too good
To be the gallows of an English thief.
SALISBURY.
My Lord of Normandy, I have your pass
And warrant for my safety through this land.
CHARLES.
Villiers procured it for thee, did he not?
SALISBURY.
He did.
CHARLES.
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