| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Time Machine by H. G. Wells: The next Thursday I went again to Richmond--I suppose I was
one of the Time Traveller's most constant guests--and, arriving
late, found four or five men already assembled in his
drawing-room. The Medical Man was standing before the fire with
a sheet of paper in one hand and his watch in the other. I
looked round for the Time Traveller, and--`It's half-past seven
now,' said the Medical Man. `I suppose we'd better have dinner?'
`Where's----?' said I, naming our host.
`You've just come? It's rather odd. He's unavoidably
detained. He asks me in this note to lead off with dinner at
seven if he's not back. Says he'll explain when he comes.'
The Time Machine |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Tanach: Jeremiah 2: 27 Who say to a stock: 'Thou art my father', and to a stone: 'Thou hast brought us forth', for they have turned their back unto Me, and not their face; but in the time of their trouble they will say: 'Arise, and save us.'
Jeremiah 2: 28 But where are thy gods that thou hast made thee? Let them arise, if they can save thee in the time of thy trouble; for according to the number of thy cities are thy gods, O Judah.
Jeremiah 2: 29 Wherefore will ye contend with Me? Ye all have transgressed against Me, saith the LORD.
Jeremiah 2: 30 In vain have I smitten your children--they received no correction; your sword hath devoured your prophets, like a destroying lion.
Jeremiah 2: 31 O generation, see ye the word of the LORD: have I been a wilderness unto Israel? or a land of thick darkness? Wherefore say My people: 'We roam at large; we will come no more unto Thee'?
Jeremiah 2: 32 Can a maid forget her ornaments, or a bride her attire? Yet My people have forgotten Me days without number.
Jeremiah 2: 33 How trimmest thou thy way to seek love! Therefore--even the wicked women hast thou taught thy ways;
Jeremiah 2: 34 Also in thy skirts is found the blood of the souls of the innocent poor; thou didst not find them breaking in; yet for all these things
Jeremiah 2: 35 Thou saidst: 'I am innocent; surely His anger is turned away from me' --behold, I will enter into judgment with thee, because thou sayest: 'I have not sinned.'
The Tanach |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Complete Angler by Izaak Walton: He dies therefore, as sure as creed.
Thus Beggars lord it as they please;
And only Beggars live at ease.
Bright shines the sun; play, Beggars, play;
Here's scraps enough to serve to-day.
Venator. I thank you, good master, for this piece of merriment, and this
song, which was well humoured by the maker, and well remembered by
you.
Piscator. But, I pray, forget not the catch which you promised to make
against night; for our countryman, honest Coridon, will expect your
catch, and my song, which I must be forced to patch up, for it is so long
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