| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Death of the Lion by Henry James: and it all took place in a minute. With my manuscript back on my
hands I understood the phenomenon better, and the reflexions I made
on it are what I meant, at the beginning of this anecdote, by my
change of heart. Mr. Pinhorn's note was not only a rebuke
decidedly stern, but an invitation immediately to send him - it was
the case to say so - the genuine article, the revealing and
reverberating sketch to the promise of which, and of which alone, I
owed my squandered privilege. A week or two later I recast my
peccant paper and, giving it a particular application to Mr.
Paraday's new book, obtained for it the hospitality of another
journal, where, I must admit, Mr. Pinhorn was so far vindicated as
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Lay Morals by Robert Louis Stevenson: wickedness: he recognises him, perhaps, as a fit type for
mankind of his satanic self, and watches over his effigy as
we might watch over a favourite likeness. As the business
man comes to love the toil, which he only looked upon at
first as a ladder towards other desires and less unnatural
gratifications, so the dumb man has felt the charm of his
trade and fallen captivated before the eyes of sin. It is a
mistake when preachers tell us that vice is hideous and
loathsome; for even vice has her Horsel and her devotees, who
love her for her own sake.
THE GREAT NORTH ROAD
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Rezanov by Gertrude Atherton: plenipotentiary as to text, replied with a profound
bow: "We are Russians engaged in completing the
circumnavigation of the globe. It was our inten-
tion to go directly to Monterey and present our offi-
cial documents, as well as our respects, to your illus-
trious Governor, but owing to contrary winds and
a resultant scarcity of provisions, we were under
the necessity of putting into the nearest harbor.
The Juno is navigated by Lieutenant Davidov and
Lieutenant Khovstov, of the Imperial Navy of Rus-
sia; by gracious permission associated with the Ma-
Rezanov |
