| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from St. Ives by Robert Louis Stevenson: distressing, very painful and all that. But do you know, it ain't
such a bad thing either for you or me? What with his death and
your visit to him I am entirely reassured.'
So I was to owe my life to Goguelat at every point.
'I had rather not discuss it,' said I.
'Well,' said he, 'one word more, and I'll agree to bury the
subject. What did you fight about?'
'Oh, what do men ever fight about?' I cried.
'A lady?' said he.
I shrugged my shoulders.
'Deuce you did!' said he. 'I should scarce have thought it of
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton: Beaufort, of going there in Granny's carriage! I'm afraid
she's quite alienated the van der Luydens . . ."
"Ah," said Archer with an impatient laugh. The
open door had closed between them again.
"It's time to dress; we're dining out, aren't we?" he
asked, moving from the fire.
She rose also, but lingered near the hearth. As he
walked past her she moved forward impulsively, as
though to detain him: their eyes met, and he saw that
hers were of the same swimming blue as when he had
left her to drive to Jersey City.
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Madam How and Lady Why by Charles Kingsley: the sea also, and with tremendous force. For ships at sea during
an earthquake feel such a blow from it (though it does them no
harm) that the sailors often rush upon deck fancying that they
have struck upon a rock; and the force which could give a ship,
floating in water, such a blow as that, would be strong enough to
hurl thousands of tons of water up the beach, and on to the land.
But there is another way of accounting for this great sea wave,
which I fancy comes true sometimes.
Suppose you put an empty india-rubber ball into water, and then
blow into it through a pipe. Of course, you know, as the ball
filled, the upper side of it would rise out of the water. Now,
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