| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Gambara by Honore de Balzac: to wage war against the gallant and valorous chivalry of Christendom.
A few brass instruments awake in the orchestra, announcing the
Prophet's first triumph (in a broken /cadenza/). The Arabs adore the
Prophet (E flat major), and the Khaled, Amru, and Ali arrive (/tempo
di marcia/). The armies of the faithful have taken many towns and
subjugated the three Arabias. Such a grand recitative!--Mahomet
rewards his generals by presenting them with maidens.
"And here," said Gambara, sadly, "there is one of those wretched
ballets, which interrupt the thread of the finest musical tragedies!
But Mahomet elevates it once more by his great prophetic scene, which
poor Monsieur Voltaire begins with these words:
Gambara |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Far From the Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy: When he came close, his mouth assumed the bell shape,
and he began to cough violently.
"Now, Cainy!" said Gabriel, sternly. "How many
more times must I tell you to keep from running so fast
when you be eating? You'll choke yourself some day,
that's what you'll do, Cain Ball."
"Hok-hok-hok!" replied Cain. "A crumb of my
victuals went the wrong way -- hok-hok!, That's what
'tis, Mister Oak! And I've been visiting to Bath
because I had a felon on my thumb; yes, and l've
seen -- ahok-hok!"
Far From the Madding Crowd |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Whirligigs by O. Henry: upon the floor beside the chair which the lawyer placed
for him. His clothing was of good quality, but it was worn
without regard to neatness or style, and appeared to be
covered with the dust of travel.
"You make a specialty of divorce cases," he said, in,
an agitated but business-like tone.
"I may say," began Lawyer Gooch, "that my prac-
tice has not altogether avoided -- "
"I know you do," interrupted client number three.
"You needn't tell me. I've heard all about you. I have
a case to lay before you without necessarily disclosing
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