| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe: day or two; but that if they attempted their escape they should be
put to death without mercy. They promised faithfully to bear their
confinement with patience, and were very thankful that they had
such good usage as to have provisions and light left them; for
Friday gave them candles (such as we made ourselves) for their
comfort; and they did not know but that he stood sentinel over them
at the entrance.
The other prisoners had better usage; two of them were kept
pinioned, indeed, because the captain was not able to trust them;
but the other two were taken into my service, upon the captain's
recommendation, and upon their solemnly engaging to live and die
Robinson Crusoe |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Rig Veda: with
homage.
Then unto her ye gave King Trasadasyu, the demi-god, the slayer
of the
foeman.
10 May we, possessing much, delight in riches, Gods in oblations
and
the kine in pasture;
And that Milch-cow who ahrinks not from the milking, O Indra-Varuna,
give to us daily.
The Rig Veda |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Secrets of the Princesse de Cadignan by Honore de Balzac: of the Prince de Cadignan to their service, she drew d'Arthez's
attention to the prince:--
"There is this to be said for him: he loved his masters, and was
faithful to them. His public character consoles me for the sufferings
his private life has inflicted upon me-- Have you never remarked," she
went on, cleverly leaving the prince aside, "you who observe so much,
that men have two natures: one of their homes, their wives, their
private lives,--this is their true self; here no mask, no
dissimulation; they do not give themselves the trouble to disguise a
feeling; they are what they ARE, and it is often horrible! The other
man is for others, for the world, for salons; the court, the
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