| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Koran: they rejoiced in what knowledge they had; but there closed in upon
them that whereat they had mocked.
And when they saw our violence they said, 'We believe in God
alone, and we disbelieve in what we once associated with Him.'
But their faith was of no avail to them when they saw our
violence-the course of God with His servants in time past, and there
the misbelievers lose!
THE CHAPTER 'DETAILED'
(XLI. Mecca.)
IN the name of the merciful and compassionate God.
HA MIM. A revelation from the merciful, the compassionate; a book
The Koran |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Market-Place by Harold Frederic: as an artist. The uncle had moments of profound skepticism
about this--moments when he uneasily wondered whether it
was not going to be his duty to speak to the young man.
For the most part, however, he extracted reassurance
from Miss Madden's demeanour toward the lad. She knew,
it seemed, a vast deal about pictures; at least she was able
to talk a vast deal about them, and she did it in such
a calmly dogmatic fashion, laying down the law always,
that she put Alfred in the position of listening as a pupil
might listen to a master. The humility with which his
nephew accepted this position annoyed Thorpe upon occasion,
The Market-Place |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Crowd by Gustave le Bon: reads, of his habitual occupations, and of the surroundings amid
which he lives."[17]
[17] Gustave le Bon, "L'Homme et les Societes," vol. ii. p. 116.
1881.
Contagion is so powerful that it forces upon individuals not only
certain opinions, but certain modes of feeling as well.
Contagion is the cause of the contempt in which, at a given
period, certain works are held--the example of "Tannhauser" may
be cited--which, a few years later, for the same reason are
admired by those who were foremost in criticising them.
The opinions and beliefs of crowds are specially propagated by
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