| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Rezanov by Gertrude Atherton: offered his arm. "I should be a brute if I kept you
talking out here. Slip off and go to bed. I shall
start the guests, for I am very tired myself."
XI
He did not talk with her again for several days. He
called in state, but remained only a few moments.
His officers went to several impromptu dances at
the Presidio and Mission, but he pleaded fatigue,
natural in the damaged state of his constitution,
and left the ship only for a gallop over the hills or
down the coast with Luis Arguello.
Rezanov |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from King Henry VI by William Shakespeare: In whom the title rested, were suppress'd.
PLANTAGENET.
Of which, my lord, your honor is the last.
MORTIMER.
True; and thou seest that I no issue have,
And that my fainting words do warrant death:
Thou art my heir; the rest I wish thee gather:
But yet be wary in thy studious care.
PLANTAGENET.
Thy grave admonishments prevail with me:
But yet, methinks, my father's execution
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Black Dwarf by Walter Scott: little skaith dune--ane is as gude as anither. And now, you that
like to hear o' splores, heard ye ever o' a better ane than I hae
had this morning?"
"Air, ocean, and fire," said the Dwarf, speaking to himself, "the
earthquake, the tempest, the volcano, are all mild and moderate,
compared to the wrath of man. And what is this fellow, but one
more skilled than others in executing the end of his existence?
--Hear me, felon, go again where I before sent thee."
"To the Steward?"
"Ay; and tell him, Elshender the Recluse commands him to give
thee gold. But, hear me, let the maiden be discharged free and
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