| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Mirror of the Sea by Joseph Conrad: There is no mistaking that sensation, so dismal, so tormenting and
so subtle, so full of unhappiness and unrest. I could imagine no
worse eternal punishment for evil seamen who die unrepentant upon
the earthly sea than that their souls should be condemned to man
the ghosts of disabled ships, drifting for ever across a ghostly
and tempestuous ocean.
She must have looked ghostly enough, that broken-down steamer,
rolling in that snowstorm - a dark apparition in a world of white
snowflakes to the staring eyes of that whaler's crew. Evidently
they didn't believe in ghosts, for on arrival into port her captain
unromantically reported having sighted a disabled steamer in
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Cousin Betty by Honore de Balzac: /bonheur-du-jour/. "That evidently was the spot agreed upon by the
couple, in case she should succeed in stealing the letter while you
were asleep; for this letter, as written to you by the lady, is,
combined with those you wrote to her, decisive evidence in a police-
court."
He showed Hulot the note that Reine had delivered to him in his
private room at the office.
"It is one of the documents in the case," said the police-agent;
"return it to me, monsieur."
"Well, monsieur," replied Hulot with bitter expression, "that woman is
profligacy itself in fixed ratios. I am certain at this moment that
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Betty Zane by Zane Grey: he knew the Indians were on the island."
"Col. Zane, it is false," said Miller, huskily. "He is trying to put you
against me. He hates me because your sister--"
"You cur!" cried Clarke, striking at Miller. Col. Zane struck up the
infuriated young man's arm.
"Give us knives, or anything," panted Clarke.
"Yes, let us fight it out now," said Miller.
"Capt. Boggs, take Clarke to the block-house. Make him stay there if you have
to lock him up," commanded Col. Zane. "Miller, as for you, I cannot condemn
you without proof. If I knew positively that there were Indians on the island
and that you were aware of it, you would be a dead man in less time than it
Betty Zane |
