| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Koran: But those who believe and do aright, we will make them enter gardens
beneath which rivers flow, and they shall dwell therein for ever and
aye, for them therein are pure wives, and we will make them enter into
a shady shade. Verily, God bids you pay your trusts to their owners,
and when ye judge between men to judge with justice. Verily, God,
excellent is what He admonishes you with; verily, God both hears and
sees.
O ye who believe! obey God, and obey the Apostle and those in
authority amongst you; and if ye quarrel about anything, refer to
God and the Apostle, if ye believe in God and the last day; that is
better and fairer as a settlement.
The Koran |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from She Stoops to Conquer by Oliver Goldsmith: coming down to court my sister. Do they seem to be Londoners?
LANDLORD. I believe they may. They look woundily like Frenchmen.
TONY. Then desire them to step this way, and I'll set them right in a
twinkling. (Exit Landlord.) Gentlemen, as they mayn't be good enough
company for you, step down for a moment, and I'll be with you in the
squeezing of a lemon. [Exeunt mob.]
TONY. (solus). Father-in-law has been calling me whelp and hound this
half year. Now, if I pleased, I could be so revenged upon the old
grumbletonian. But then I'm afraid--afraid of what? I shall soon be
worth fifteen hundred a year, and let him frighten me out of THAT if he
can.
She Stoops to Conquer |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Wrecker by Stevenson & Osbourne: put. Had I dared, with the present danger signal in the
captain's face, I should only have been reminded of my position
as supercargo--an office never touched upon in kindness--and
advised, in a very indigestible manner, to go below. There was
nothing for it, therefore, but to entertain my vague
apprehensions as best I should be able, until it pleased the
captain to enlighten me of his own accord. This he did sooner
than I had expected; as soon, indeed, as the Chinaman had
summoned us to breakfast, and we sat face to face across the
narrow board.
"See here, Mr. Dodd," he began, looking at me rather queerly,
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