| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Brother of Daphne by Dornford Yates: "Not in the Enclosure. No. The bold, bad Bananas are in many
ways an engaging race. Indeed, some of the manners and customs
which they affect are of a quite peculiar interest. Let us
look, brother, for a moment, at their clothing. At the first
blush- I use the word advisedly- it would seem that, like the
fruit from which they take their name- "
"I thought you'd better do some tricks," said Daphne, throwing a
dark look in my direction.
"Of course," I said; "the very thing. I've always been so good
at tricks."
"I mean it," said Daphne.
The Brother of Daphne |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Ivanhoe by Walter Scott: hero; surely they rest but to refresh their force, or
to provide the means of crossing the moat---Under
such a leader as thou hast spoken this knight to be,
there are no craven fears, no cold-blooded delays,
no yielding up a gallant emprize; since the difficulties
which render it arduous render it also glorious.
I swear by the honour of my house---I vow by the
name of my bright lady-love, I would endure ten
years' captivity to fight one day by that good
knight's side in such a quarrel as this!''
``Alas,'' said Rebecca, leaving her station at the
Ivanhoe |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Georgics by Virgil: Launched on the void, assail it not as yet
With keen-edged sickle, but let the leaves alone
Be culled with clip of fingers here and there.
But when they clasp the elms with sturdy trunks
Erect, then strip the leaves off, prune the boughs;
Sooner they shrink from steel, but then put forth
The arm of power, and stem the branchy tide.
Hedges too must be woven and all beasts
Barred entrance, chiefly while the leaf is young
And witless of disaster; for therewith,
Beside harsh winters and o'erpowering sun,
Georgics |
