| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Kwaidan by Lafcadio Hearn: still seated near him,-- drinking and chatting merrily. He stared at them
in a bewildered way, and cried aloud,--
"How strange!"
"Akinosuke must have been dreaming," one of them exclaimed, with a laugh.
"What did you see, Akinosuke, that was strange?"
Then Akinosuke told his dream,-- that dream of three-and-twenty years'
sojourn in the realm of Tokoyo, in the island of Raishu;-- and they were
astonished, because he had really slept for no more than a few minutes.
One goshi said:--
"Indeed, you saw strange things. We also saw something strange while you
were napping. A little yellow butterfly was fluttering over your face for a
Kwaidan |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Forged Coupon by Leo Tolstoy: happened in the forties. I was at that time a
student in a provincial university. I don't know
whether it was a good thing or no, but we had no
political clubs, no theories in our universities then.
We were simply young and spent our time as young
men do, studying and amusing ourselves. I was a
very gay, lively, careless fellow, and had plenty of
money too. I had a fine horse, and used to go
tobogganing with the young ladies. Skating had
not yet come into fashion. I went to drinking
parties with my comrades--in those days we
The Forged Coupon |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The School For Scandal by Richard Brinsley Sheridan: months.
SIR OLIVER. Ah then he has been just half a year on the stool
of Repentance--Poor Peter! But you say he has entirely given up
Charles--never sees him, hey?
ROWLEY. His Prejudice against him is astonishing--and I am sure
greatly increased by a jealousy of him with Lady Teazle--which
he has been industriously led into by a scandalous Society--
in the neighbourhood--who have contributed not a little to Charles's
ill name. Whereas the truth is[,] I believe[,] if the lady
is partial to either of them his Brother is the Favourite.
SIR OLIVER. Aye--I know--there are a set of malicious prating
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