| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Madam How and Lady Why by Charles Kingsley: for water, and hired a regular well-borer to do it. But,
meanwhile he was wise enough to ask a geologist of those parts how
far he thought it was down to the water. The geologist made his
calculations, and said:
"You will go through so many feet of Bagshot sand; and so many
feet of London clay; and so many feet of the Thanet beds between
them and the chalk: and then you will win water, at about 412
feet; but not, I think, till then."
The well-sinker laughed at that, and said, "He had no opinion of
geologists, and such-like. He never found any clay in England but
what he could get through in 150 feet."
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Richard III by William Shakespeare: KING RICHARD. O, true, good Catesby. Bid him levy straight
The greatest strength and power that he can make
And meet me suddenly at Salisbury.
CATESBY. I go. Exit
RATCLIFF. What, may it please you, shall I do at Salisbury?
KING RICHARD. Why, what wouldst thou do there before I
go?
RATCLIFF. Your Highness told me I should post before.
KING RICHARD. My mind is chang'd.
Enter LORD STANLEY
STANLEY, what news with you?
Richard III |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Flame and Shadow by Sara Teasdale: As hushed and brief as a falling star
On a winter night.
I Remembered
There never was a mood of mine,
Gay or heart-broken, luminous or dull,
But you could ease me of its fever
And give it back to me more beautiful.
In many another soul I broke the bread,
And drank the wine and played the happy guest,
But I was lonely, I remembered you;
The heart belongs to him who knew it best.
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