| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Waste Land by T. S. Eliot: Unstoppered, lurked her strange synthetic perfumes,
Unguent, powdered, or liquid -- troubled, confused
And drowned the sense in odours; stirred by the air
That freshened from the window, these ascended 90
In fattening the prolonged candle-flames,
Flung their smoke into the laquearia,
Stirring the pattern on the coffered ceiling.
Huge sea-wood fed with copper
Burned green and orange, framed by the coloured stone,
In which sad light a carved dolphin swam.
Above the antique mantel was displayed
The Waste Land |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Lesson of the Master by Henry James: our talk, with the brave devoted way you quitted the country, and
still more perhaps with your force of character in remaining
abroad. You're very strong - you're wonderfully strong."
Paul tried to sound his shining eyes; the strange thing was that he
seemed sincere - not a mocking fiend. He turned away, and as he
did so heard the Master say something about his giving them all the
proof, being the joy of his old age. He faced him again, taking
another look. "Do you mean to say you've stopped writing?"
"My dear fellow, of course I have. It's too late. Didn't I tell
you?"
"I can't believe it!"
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from From the Earth to the Moon by Jules Verne: even surpass, that of our terrestrial maps. Photography has
given us proofs of the incomparable beauty of our satellite; all
is known regarding the moon which mathematical science,
astronomy, geology, and optics can learn about her. But up to
the present moment no direct communication has been established
with her."
A violent movement of interest and surprise here greeted this
remark of the speaker.
"Permit me," he continued, "to recount to you briefly how
certain ardent spirits, starting on imaginary journeys, have
penetrated the secrets of our satellite. In the seventeenth
From the Earth to the Moon |
