| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Russia in 1919 by Arthur Ransome: scoured the town for sweets for him, curing him with no
other medicine, and then hurried off, fastening his coat as he
went, a queer little De Quincey of revolution, to disappear
into the dusk, before, half running, half walking, as his way
is, he reached the other end of the big dimly lit, smoke-filled dining room.
EFFECTS OF ISOLATION
February 14th.
I had a rather grim talk with Meshtcheriakov at dinner. He
is an old Siberian exile, who visited England last summer.
He is editing a monthly magazine in Moscow, mostly
concerned with the problems of reconstrucition, and besides
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from King James Bible: PRO 3:23 Then shalt thou walk in thy way safely, and thy foot shall not
stumble.
PRO 3:24 When thou liest down, thou shalt not be afraid: yea, thou
shalt lie down, and thy sleep shall be sweet.
PRO 3:25 Be not afraid of sudden fear, neither of the desolation of the
wicked, when it cometh.
PRO 3:26 For the LORD shall be thy confidence, and shall keep thy foot
from being taken.
PRO 3:27 Withhold not good from them to whom it is due, when it is in
the power of thine hand to do it.
PRO 3:28 Say not unto thy neighbour, Go, and come again, and to morrow
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Mayor of Casterbridge by Thomas Hardy: reached his cottage. "May I come in?" she said.
"No, no; not to-day," said Henchard; and she went away;
feeling that to caution Farfrae was almost her duty, as it
was certainly her strong desire.
As on the Sunday, so on the week-days, Farfrae and Lucetta
might have been seen flitting about the town like two
butterflies--or rather like a bee and a butterfly in league
for life. She seemed to take no pleasure in going anywhere
except in her husband's company; and hence when business
would not permit him to waste an afternoon she remained
indoors waiting for the time to pass till his return, her
The Mayor of Casterbridge |
