| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Danny's Own Story by Don Marquis: "Yes," he says, nodding his head. "I think
you are on the right track now. Yes--I shouldn't
wonder."
Well, they puts this and that together, and they
agrees that whatever happened to make things hard
to explain must of happened on that day that
Prentiss McMakin met the doctor in the bar-room,
and didn't shoot him, as he had made his brags he
would. Must of happened between the time that
afternoon when Prentiss McMakin left the doctor
and the time Colonel Tom went out to see his sister
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from American Notes by Rudyard Kipling: out of the water and into the blue. The big, fat Republic that
is afraid of nothing, because nothing up to the present date has
happened to make her afraid, is as unprotected as a jelly-fish.
Not internally, of course--it would be madness for any Power to
throw men into America; they would die--but as far as regards
coast defence.
From five miles out at sea (I have seen a test of her "fortified"
ports) a ship of the power of H. M. S. "Collingwood" (they
haven't run her on a rock yet) would wipe out any or every town
from San Francisco to Long Branch; and three first-class
ironclads would account for New York, Bartholdi's Statue and all.
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Salome by Oscar Wilde: faibles et les forts comme on brise le ble dans un mortier. Mais
cet homme n'a jamais vu Dieu. Personne n'a vu Dieu depuis le
prophete Elie.
HERODIAS. Faites-les taire. Ils m'ennuient
HERODE. Mais j'ai entendu dire qu'Iokanaan lui-meme est votre
prophete Elie.
UN JUIF. Cela ne se peut pas. Depuis le temps du prophete Elie il
y a plus de trois cents ans.
HERODE. Il y en a qui disent que c'est le prophete Elie.
UN NAZAREEN. Mais, je suis sur que c'est le prophete Elie.
UN JUIF. Mais non, ce n'est pas le prophete Elie.
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