| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The White Moll by Frank L. Packard: when she had counted upon the Adventurer to supply it, there was no
Adventurer, no means of reaching him, and no means any more of
knowing where he was!
Rhoda Gray walked on along the street, her lips tight, her face
drawn and hard. Failing the Adventurer, there remained - the police.
If she telephoned the police and sent them to the Pug's room, they
would of a certainty recover the money, and with equal certainty
restore it to its rightful owners. She had already thought of that
when she had been with Pinkie and the Pug, and had been loath even
then to take such a step because it seemed to spell ruin to her own
personal plans; but now there was another reason, and one far more
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Prince by Nicolo Machiavelli: and to ask for the reason of their actions, and they in their
benignity answer me; and for four hours I feel no weariness, I forget
every trouble, poverty does not dismay, death does not terrify me; I
am possessed entirely by those great men. And because Dante says:
Knowledge doth come of learning well retained,
Unfruitful else,
I have noted down what I have gained from their conversation, and have
composed a small work on 'Principalities,' where I pour myself out as
fully as I can in meditation on the subject, discussing what a
principality is, what kinds there are, how they can be acquired, how
they can be kept, why they are lost: and if any of my fancies ever
The Prince |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Two Brothers by Honore de Balzac: to such jargon.
"So you think a creature who is depriving you of your property
handsome?" said Madame Hochon.
"That doesn't prevent her from being a splendid model!--just plump
enough not to spoil the hips and the general contour--"
"My son, you are not in your studio," said Agathe. "Adolphine is
here."
"Ah, true! I did wrong. But you must remember that ever since leaving
Paris I have seen nothing but ugly women--"
"My dear godmother," said Agathe hastily, "how shall I be able to meet
my brother, if that creature is always with him?"
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