| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Odyssey by Homer: and at once we climbed the ship and launched into the broad
deep, when we had set up the mast and hoisted the white
sails.
'But now when we left that isle nor any other land
appeared, but sky and sea only, even then the son of Cronos
stayed a dark cloud above the hollow ship, and beneath it
the deep darkened. And the ship ran on her way for no long
while, for of a sudden came the shrilling West, with the
rushing of a great tempest, and the blast of wind snapped
the two forestays of the mast, and the mast fell backward
and all the gear dropped into the bilge. And behold, on the
The Odyssey |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from A Pair of Blue Eyes by Thomas Hardy: express, allows quite enough leisure for passion of any sort to
cool. Elfride's excitement had passed off, and she sat in a kind
of stupor during the latter half of the journey. She was aroused
by the clanging of the maze of rails over which they traced their
way at the entrance to the station.
Is this London?' she said.
'Yes, darling,' said Stephen in a tone of assurance he was far
from feeling. To him, no less than to her, the reality so greatly
differed from the prefiguring.
She peered out as well as the window, beaded with drops, would
allow her, and saw only the lamps, which had just been lit,
A Pair of Blue Eyes |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Scaramouche by Rafael Sabatini: then, on the very next day I heard of his having all but lost his
life in that riot at the theatre. He had gone straight from that
interview with M. de Sautron, straight from those protestations of
future wisdom, to La Binet. I was indignant. I pronounced myself
finally. I stated definitely that I would not in any circumstances
receive M. de La Tour d'Azyr again! And then they pressed this
explanation upon me. For a long time I would not believe it."
"So that you believe it now," said Andre quickly. "Why?"
"I have not said that I believe it now. But... but... neither can
I disbelieve. Since we came to Meudon M. de La Tour d'Azyr has been
here, and himself he has sworn to me that it was so."
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