| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Koran: themselves, in reason; but God is mighty and wise.
And divorced women should have a maintenance in reason,- a duty this
on those that fear. Thus does God explain to you His signs; haply ye
may understand.
Dost thou not look at those who left their homes by thousands, for
fear of death; and God said to them 'Die,' and then He quickened
them again? Verily God is Lord of grace to men, but most men give no
thanks.
Fight then in God's way, and know that God both hears and knows.
Who is there that will lend to God a good loan? He will redouble
it many a double; God closes His hand and holds it out, and unto Him
The Koran |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Richard III by William Shakespeare: ELIZABETH,
and the DUCHESS OF YORK
ARCHBISHOP. Last night, I hear, they lay at Stony Stratford,
And at Northampton they do rest to-night;
To-morrow or next day they will be here.
DUCHESS. I long with all my heart to see the Prince.
I hope he is much grown since last I saw him.
QUEEN ELIZABETH. But I hear no; they say my son of York
Has almost overta'en him in his growth.
YORK. Ay, mother; but I would not have it so.
DUCHESS. Why, my good cousin, it is good to grow.
Richard III |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Ursula by Honore de Balzac: borrowed two thousand francs from La Bougival's savings to pay the
first instalment of the price,--six thousand francs,--and obtained
good terms for payment of the rest. As Ursula wished to buy her
uncle's books, Bongrand knocked down the partition between two rooms
on the bedroom floor, finding that their united length was the same as
that of the doctor's library, and gave room for his bookshelves.
Savinien and Bongrand urged on the workmen who were cleaning,
painting, and otherwise renewing the tiny place, so that before the
end of March Ursula was able to leave the inn and take up her abode in
the ugly house; where, however, she found a bedroom exactly like the
one she had left; for it was filled with all her furniture, claimed by
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