| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Reef by Edith Wharton: doesn't want you, doesn't want you," their umbrellas and
their elbows seemed to say.
He had rashly vowed, when the telegram was flung into his
window: "At any rate I won't turn back"--as though it might
cause the sender a malicious joy to have him retrace his
steps rather than keep on to Paris! Now he perceived the
absurdity of the vow, and thanked his stars that he need not
plunge, to no purpose, into the fury of waves outside the
harbour.
With this thought in his mind he turned back to look for his
porter; but the contiguity of dripping umbrellas made
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Happy Prince and Other Tales by Oscar Wilde: "A person who, because he has corns himself, always treads on other
people's toes," answered the Roman Candle in a low whisper; and the
Cracker nearly exploded with laughter.
"Pray, what are you laughing at?" inquired the Rocket; "I am not
laughing."
"I am laughing because I am happy," replied the Cracker.
"That is a very selfish reason," said the Rocket angrily. "What
right have you to be happy? You should be thinking about others.
In fact, you should be thinking about me. I am always thinking
about myself, and I expect everybody else to do the same. That is
what is called sympathy. It is a beautiful virtue, and I possess
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Kenilworth by Walter Scott: under thy medicine, it may go hard with thee."
"That were severe measure," said Wayland, "since the issue of
medicine, and the end of life, are in God's disposal. But I will
stand the risk. I have not lived so long under ground to be
afraid of a grave."
"Nay, if thou be'st so confident," said the Earl of Sussex, "I
will take the risk too, for the learned can do nothing for me.
Tell me how this medicine is to be taken."
"That will I do presently," said Wayland; "but allow me to
condition that, since I incur all the risk of this treatment, no
other physician shall be permitted to interfere with it."
Kenilworth |
