| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Return of the Native by Thomas Hardy: like him if they don't wish to do it of their own accord."
"Thomasin," said Mrs. Yeobright quietly, fixing her eye
upon her niece, "do you think you deceive me in your
defence of Mr. Wildeve?"
"How do you mean?"
"I have long had a suspicion that your love for him has
changed its colour since you have found him not to be
the saint you thought him, and that you act a part to me."
"He wished to marry me, and I wish to marry him."
"Now, I put it to you: would you at this present moment
agree to be his wife if that had not happened to entangle
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Vailima Prayers & Sabbath Morn by Robert Louis Stevenson: and them; prolong our days in peace and honour. Give us health,
food, bright weather, and light hearts. In what we meditate of
evil, frustrate our will; in what of good, further our endeavours.
Cause injuries to be forgot and benefits to be remembered.
Let us lie down without fear and awake and arise with exultation.
For his sake, in whose words we now conclude.
IN TIME OF RAIN
WE thank Thee, Lord, for the glory of the late days and the
excellent face of thy sun. We thank Thee for good news received.
We thank Thee for the pleasures we have enjoyed and for those we
have been able to confer. And now, when the clouds gather and the
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Shadow out of Time by H. P. Lovecraft: mostly sandstone and granite, though one is almost certainly made
of a queer sort of cement or concrete.
They bear evidence of
water action, as if this part of the world had been submerged
and come up again after long ages - all since those blocks were
made and used. It is a matter of hundreds of thousands of years
- or heaven knows how much more. I don't like to think about it.
In view of your previous diligent work in tracking down the
legends and everything connected with them, I cannot doubt but
that you will want to lead an expedition to the desert and make
some archaeological excavations. Both Dr. Boyle and I are prepared
Shadow out of Time |
