| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Insidious Dr. Fu-Manchu by Sax Rohmer: A silent prayer of thankfulness came from my very soul when I
saw her stir--when I saw her raise her hands to her head--
and saw the big, horror-bright eyes gleam through the mist veil.
CHAPTER XXVII
WE quitted the wrecked launch but a few seconds before her
stern settled down into the river. Where the mud-bank upon
which we found ourselves was situated we had no idea.
But at least it was terra firma and we were free from Dr. Fu-Manchu.
Smith stood looking out towards the river.
"My God!" he groaned. "My God!"
He was thinking, as I was, of Weymouth.
The Insidious Dr. Fu-Manchu |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Kenilworth by Walter Scott: those of our household should find therein a practical use.
'There be those,' he said, 'and their number is legion, who will
rather, like the wicked Ahab, listen to the dreams of the false
prophet Zedekiah, than to the words of him by whom the Lord has
spoken.' And he further insisted--'Ah, my brethren, there be many
Zedekiahs among you--men that promise you the light of their
carnal knowledge, so you will surrender to them that of your
heavenly understanding. What are they better than the tyrant
Naas, who demanded the right eye of those who were subjected to
him?' And further he insisted--"
It is uncertain how long the fair Puritan's memory might have
Kenilworth |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from When the World Shook by H. Rider Haggard: from the cave. Indeed Bastin, who, being shortsighted, always
wore spectacles that, owing to his heated state were covered with
mist, not seeing that dignitary, dumped down the last basket on
to his toes, exclaiming:
"There, you lazy beggar, I told you I would bring it all, and I
have."
In fact he thought he was addressing Bickley and playing off on
him a troglodytic practical joke.
Oro, however, who at his age did not appreciate jokes, resented
it and was about to do something unpleasant when with
extraordinary tact his daughter remarked:
When the World Shook |
