| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Ferragus by Honore de Balzac: "Enough, monsieur; as you say--silence! Au revoir, monsieur."
Jules went home, almost calmed by the certainty that he should know
the truth on the morrow. As he entered the house, the porter gave him
the letter properly resealed.
"How do you feel now?" he said to his wife, in spite of the coldness
that separated them.
"Pretty well, Jules," she answered in a coaxing voice, "do come and
dine beside me."
"Very good," he said, giving her the letter. "Here is something
Fouguereau gave me for you."
Clemence, who was very pale, colored high when she saw the letter, and
Ferragus |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Thus Spake Zarathustra by Friedrich Nietzsche: the "Saviour."
Greater ones, verily, have there been, and higher-born ones, than those
whom the people call Saviours, those rapturous blusterers!
And by still greater ones than any of the Saviours must ye be saved, my
brethren, if ye would find the way to freedom!
Never yet hath there been a Superman. Naked have I seen both of them, the
greatest man and the smallest man:--
All-too-similar are they still to each other. Verily, even the greatest
found I--all-too-human!--
Thus spake Zarathustra.
XXVII. THE VIRTUOUS.
Thus Spake Zarathustra |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Agnes Grey by Anne Bronte: he ever fund much fault wi' me. He came to see me once or twice,
afore Maister Weston come, when I was so ill troubled in my mind;
and as I had only very poor health besides, I made bold to send for
him - and he came right enough. I was sore distressed, Miss Grey -
thank God, it's owered now - but when I took my Bible, I could get
no comfort of it at all. That very chapter 'at you've just been
reading troubled me as much as aught - "He that loveth not, knoweth
not God." It seemed fearsome to me; for I felt that I loved
neither God nor man as I should do, and could not, if I tried ever
so. And th' chapter afore, where it says, - "He that is born of
God cannot commit sin." And another place where it says, - "Love
Agnes Grey |
