| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Crisis in Russia by Arthur Ransome: peninsula in the Black Sea. Moscow changes continually, and
may so change as to make easy the return of the "refugees."
Some have already returned. But the refugees will not return as
conquerors. Should a Russian Napoleon (an unlikely figure, even in
spite of our efforts) appear, he will not throw away the invaluable
asset of a revolutionary war-cry. He will have to fight some one,
or he will not be a Napoleon. And whom will he fight but the very
people who, by keeping up the friction, have rubbed Aladdin's ring so hard
and so long that a Djinn, by no means kindly disposed towards them,
bursts forth at last to avenge the breaking of his sleep?]
And, of course, should hostilities flare up again on the
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Ruling Passion by Henry van Dyke: winter, and the keepers took their way across the ice to the
mainland. They had won the battle, not only on the island, fighting
against the elements, but also at Dead Men's Point, against public
opinion. The inhabitants began to understand that the lighthouse
meant something--a law, an order, a principle.
Men cannot help feeling respect for a thing when they see others
willing to fight or to suffer for it.
When the time arrived to kindle the light again in the spring,
Fortin could have had any one that he wanted to help him. But no;
he chose the little Marcel again; the boy wanted to go, and he had
earned the right. Besides, he and Nataline had struck up a close
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Ferragus by Honore de Balzac: "The deuce! the deuce!" said Jacquet, repeating, as it were, the same
musical note. "I have two children and a wife."
Jules pressed his friend's hand and went away; but returned
immediately.
"I forgot the letter," he said. "But that's not all, I must reseal
it."
"The deuce! the deuce! you opened it without saving the seal; however,
it is still possible to restore it. Leave it with me and I'll bring it
to you /secundum scripturam/."
"At what time?"
"Half-past five."
Ferragus |
