| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Cromwell by William Shakespeare: FRISKIBALL.
The same that brought you to your misery.
BANISTER.
Why would you not acquaint me with your state?
Is Banister your poor friend quite forgot:
Whose goods, whose love, whose life and all is yours?
FRISKIBALL.
I thought your usage would be as the rest,
That had more kindness at my hands than you,
Yet looked askance, when as they saw me poor.
MISTRESS BANISTER.
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from God The Invisible King by H. G. Wells: a mere play upon the rules of a game between man and man, or between
men and men. They haggle, they dispute, they inflict and suffer
wrongs, they evade dues, and are liable or entitled to penalties and
compensations. The primary business of the law is held to be
decision in these wrangles, and as wrangling is subject to artistic
elaboration, the business of the barrister is the business of a
professional wrangler; he is a bravo in wig and gown who fights the
duels of ordinary men because they are incapable, very largely on
account of the complexities of legal procedure, of fighting for
themselves. His business is never to explore any fundamental right
in the matter. His business is to say all that can be said for his
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from To-morrow by Joseph Conrad: name--eh?"
She backed away a little, and with a trembling
laugh:
"You haven't seen my face yet."
He bent forward gallantly. "A little pale: it
suits some. But you are a fine figure of a girl, Miss
Bessie."
She was all in a flutter. Nobody had ever said
so much to her before.
His tone changed. "I am getting middling
hungry, though. Had no breakfast to-day.
To-morrow |
