| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Inaugural Address by John F. Kennedy: as well as change for I have sworn before you and Almighty God
the same solemn oath our forbears prescribed nearly a century
and three-quarters ago.
The world is very different now, for man holds in his mortal hands
the power to abolish all forms of human poverty and all forms of human life.
And yet the same revolutionary beliefs for which our forbears fought
are still at issue around the globe. . .the belief that the rights of man
come not from the generosity of the state but from the hand of God.
We dare not forget today that we are the heirs of that first revolution.
Let the word go forth from this time and place. . .to friend and foe alike. . .
that the torch has been passed to a new generation of Americans. . .
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from New Poems by Robert Louis Stevenson: The best remains behind her still.
The best remains behind; in vain
Joy she may give and take again,
Joy she may take and leave us pain,
If yet she leave behind
The constant mind
To meet all fortunes nobly, to endure
All things with a good heart, and still be pure,
Still to be foremost in the foremost cause,
And still be worthy of the love that was.
Love coming is omnipotent indeed,
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Dunwich Horror by H. P. Lovecraft: In the spring after this event
Old Whateley noticed the growing number of whippoorwills that
would come out of Cold Spring Glen to chirp under his window at
night. He seemed to regard the circumstance as one of great significance,
and told the loungers at Osborn's that he thought his time had
almost come.
'They whistle jest in tune with my breathin' naow,'
he said, 'an' I guess they're gittin' ready to ketch my soul.
They know it's a-goin' aout, an' dun't calc'late to miss it. Yew'll
know, boys, arter I'm gone, whether they git me er not. Ef they
dew, they'll keep up a-singin' an' laffin' till break o' day.
The Dunwich Horror |
