| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Koran: And marry the single amongst you, and the righteous among your
servants and your handmaidens. If they be poor, God will enrich them
of His grace, for God both comprehends and knows. And let those who
cannot find a match, until God enriches them of His grace, keep
chaste.
And such of those whom your right hands possess as crave a
writing, write it for them, if ye know any good in them, and give them
of the wealth of God which He has given you. And do not compel your
slave girls to prostitution, if they desire to keep continent, in
order to crave the goods of the life of this world; but he who does
compel them, then, verily, God after they are compelled is
The Koran |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Chessmen of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs: in the guise of pupils.
"It is very wonderful," said Turan. "It must require great skill
and patience and time."
"That it does," replied the old man, "though having done it so
long I am quicker than most; but mine are the most natural. Why,
I would defy the wife of that warrior to say that insofar as
appearances are concerned he does not live," and he pointed at
the man upon the thoat. "Many of them, of course, are brought
here wasted or badly wounded and these I have to repair. That is
where great skill is required, for everyone wants his dead to
look as they did at their best in life; but you shall learn--to
The Chessmen of Mars |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Economist by Xenophon: me in any deeper sense to know my letters. So, too, at present I am
easily persuaded that if I am to direct my care aright in tillage I
must have a knowledge of the art of tillage. But the bare recognition
of the fact does not one whit provide me with the knowledge how I
ought to till. And if I resolved without ado to set about the work of
tilling, I imagine, I should soon resemble your physician going on his
rounds and visiting his patients without knowing what to prescribe or
what to do to ease their sufferings. To save me from the like
predicaments, please teach me the actual work and processes of
tillage.
[7] Or, "something from dictation."
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