| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Jungle by Upton Sinclair: enabled them to ship dead bodies from the city without troubling
the authorities. They lodged men and women on the same floor;
and with the night there began a saturnalia of debauchery--scenes
such as never before had been witnessed in America. And as the
women were the dregs from the brothels of Chicago, and the men
were for the most part ignorant country Negroes, the nameless
diseases of vice were soon rife; and this where food was being
handled which was sent out to every corner of the civilized
world.
The "Union Stockyards" were never a pleasant place; but now they
were not only a collection of slaughterhouses, but also the
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde: and you led me to believe, Miss Fairfax, that you were not
absolutely indifferent to me.
GWENDOLEN. I adore you. But you haven't proposed to me yet.
Nothing has been said at all about marriage. The subject has not
even been touched on.
JACK. Well . . . may I propose to you now?
GWENDOLEN. I think it would be an admirable opportunity. And to
spare you any possible disappointment, Mr. Worthing, I think it
only fair to tell you quite frankly before-hand that I am fully
determined to accept you.
JACK. Gwendolen!
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Koran: verily, God is mighty and wise.'
Couldst thou see when the angels take away the souls of those who
misbelieve; they smite them on their faces and hinder parts.- 'Taste
ye the torment of burning! that is for what your hands have sent on
before; and for that God is no unjust one towards his servants.'
As was the wont of Pharaoh's people and those before them! they
disbelieved in the signs of God, and God overtook them in their
sins; verily, God is strong and keen to punish.
That is because God is not one to change a favour He has favoured
a people with, until they change what they have in themselves, and for
that God both hears and knows.
The Koran |
