| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from House of Seven Gables by Nathaniel Hawthorne: "Ah! excuse me," said Mr. Pyncheon quietly. "I did not mean to
tax your time without a recompense. Your name, I think, is Maule,
--Thomas or Matthew Maule,--a son or grandson of the builder
of this house?"
"Matthew Maule," replied the carpenter,--"son of him who built
the house,--grandson of the rightful proprietor of the soil."
"I know the dispute to which you allude," observed Mr. Pyncheon
with undisturbed equanimity. "I am well aware that my grandfather
was compelled to resort to a suit at law, in order to establish
his claim to the foundation-site of this edifice. We will not,
if you please, renew the discussion. The matter was settled at the
House of Seven Gables |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Koran: and his people went astray and were not guided.
O children of Israel! We have saved you from your enemy; and we made
an appointment with you on the right side of the mount; and we sent
down upon you the manna and the quails. 'Eat of the good things we
have provided you with, and do not exceed therein, lest my wrath light
upon you; for whomsoever my wrath lights upon he falls!
'Yet am I forgiving unto him who repents and believes and does
right, and then is guided.
'But what has hastened thee on away from thy people, O Moses?'
He said, 'They were here upon my track and I hastened on to Thee, my
Lord! that thou mightest be pleased.'
The Koran |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Wrecker by Stevenson & Osbourne: was a man of peace) from his reserve. "It's rather singular,"
said he, "but I seem to have practised about all these means of
livelihood."
"Tit you effer vind a nokket?" inquired the inarticulate German,
eagerly.
"No. I have been most kinds of fool in my time," returned
Loudon, "but not the gold-digging variety. Every man has a
sane spot somewhere."
"Well, then," suggested some one, "did you ever smuggle
opium?"
"Yes, I did," said Loudon.
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