| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Almayer's Folly by Joseph Conrad: mutterings before he spoke again.
"Are you dumb, O ruler of Sambir, or is the son of a great Rajah
unworthy of your notice? I am come here to seek refuge and to
warn you, and want to know what you intend doing."
"You came here because of the white man's daughter," retorted
Lakamba, quickly. "Your refuge was with your father, the Rajah
of Bali, the Son of Heaven, the 'Anak Agong' himself. What am I
to protect great princes? Only yesterday I planted rice in a
burnt clearing; to-day you say I hold your life in my hand."
Babalatchi glanced at his master. "No man can escape his fate,"
he murmured piously. "When love enters a man's heart he is like
Almayer's Folly |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Scarecrow of Oz by L. Frank Baum: music called the "Ork Trot" which was dedicated to "Our
Glorious Gloria, the Queen."
While the Queen and Pon were leading this dance, and
all the Jinxland people were having a good time, the
strangers were gathered in a group in the park outside
the castle. Cap'n Bill, Trot, Button-Bright and the
Scarecrow were there, and so was their old friend the
Ork; but of all the great flock of Orks which had
assisted in the conquest but three remained in Jinxland,
besides their leader, the others having returned to their
own country as soon as Gloria was crowned Queen. To the
The Scarecrow of Oz |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from A Voyage to Abyssinia by Father Lobo: Chapter VI
The King refuses their present. The author's boldness. The present
is afterwards accepted. The people are forbidden to sell them
provisions. The author remonstrates against the usage. The King
redresses it.
But such was either the hatred or avarice of this man, that instead
of doing us the good offices he pretended, he advised the King to
refuse our present, that he might draw from us something more
valuable. When I attended the King in order to deliver the
presents, after I had excused the smallness of them, as being,
though unworthy his acceptance, the largest that our profession of
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