| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Emma by Jane Austen: She must know as well as her father, how acceptable an instrument
would be; and perhaps the mode of it, the mystery, the surprize,
is more like a young woman's scheme than an elderly man's. It
is Mrs. Dixon, I dare say. I told you that your suspicions would
guide mine."
"If so, you must extend your suspicions and comprehend Mr. Dixon
in them."
"Mr. Dixon.--Very well. Yes, I immediately perceive that it must
be the joint present of Mr. and Mrs. Dixon. We were speaking the
other day, you know, of his being so warm an admirer of her performance."
"Yes, and what you told me on that head, confirmed an idea which I
Emma |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from King James Bible: their prophets.
JER 2:27 Saying to a stock, Thou art my father; and to a stone, Thou
hast brought me forth: for they have turned their back unto me, and not
their face: but in the time of their trouble they will say, Arise, and
save us.
JER 2:28 But where are thy gods that thou hast made thee? let them
arise, if they can save thee in the time of thy trouble: for according
to the number of thy cities are thy gods, O Judah.
JER 2:29 Wherefore will ye plead with me? ye all have transgressed
against me, saith the LORD.
JER 2:30 In vain have I smitten your children; they received no
King James Bible |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Works of Samuel Johnson by Samuel Johnson: in common affairs; many who compare the
actions, and ascertain the characters of ancient
heroes, let their own days glide away without
examination, and suffer vicious habits to encroach upon
their minds without resistance or detection,
The most frequent reproach of the scholastick race
is the want of fortitude, not martial but philosophick.
Men bred in shades and silence, taught to immure
themselves at sunset, and accustomed to no
other weapon than syllogism, may be allowed to
feel terrour at personal danger, and to be
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