| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Mistress Wilding by Rafael Sabatini: bitter hatred into which love can be by scorn transmuted. At first her
object in keeping Ruth's thoughts on Mr. Wilding, in pleading his cause,
and seeking to present him in a favourable light to the lady whom he had
constrained to become his wife, had been that he might stand a barrier
between Ruth and Sir Rowland to the end that Diana might hope to see
revived - faute de mieux, since possible in no other way - the feelings
that once Sir Rowland had professed for herself. The situation was rich
in humiliations for poor, vain, foolishly crafty Diana, and these
humiliations were daily rendered more bitter by Sir Rowland's unwavering
courtship of her cousin in despite of all that she could do.
In the end the poison of them entered her soul, corroded her sentiments
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Inaugural Address by John F. Kennedy: tyranny. . .poverty. . .disease. . .and war itself. Can we forge against
these enemies a grand and global alliance. . .North and South. . .
East and West. . .that can assure a more fruitful life for all mankind?
Will you join in that historic effort?
In the long history of the world, only a few generations have been granted
the role of defending freedom in its hour of maximum danger; I do not shrink
from this responsibility. . .I welcome it. I do not believe that any of us
would exchange places with any other people or any other generation.
The energy, the faith, the devotion which we bring to this endeavor
will light our country and all who serve it. . .and the glow from
that fire can truly light the world.
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Westward Ho! by Charles Kingsley: my brave old Jack."
"Is it so, then? Bless you for that word!" and Jack held out his
hand. "But what will become of my soul, after my oath, if I don't
seek her out, just to speak to her, to warn her, for God's sake,
even if it did no good; just to set before her the Lord's curse on
idolatry and Antichrist, and those who deny Him for the sake of any
creature, though I can't think he would be hard on her,--for who
could? But I must speak all the same. The Lord has laid the
burden on me, and done it must be. God help me!"
"Jack," said Cary, "if this is your duty, it is others'."
"No, sir, I don't say that; you're a layman, but I am a deacon, and
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