| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Riverman by Stewart Edward White: bent and recovered under the snatches of the wind. Here and there
showed glimpses of ponds or little inlets, the surface of the water
ruffled and dark blue. Occasionally one of these bayous swung in
across the road. Then the two girls could see plainly the fan-like
cat's-paws skittering here and there as though panic-stricken by the
swooping, invisible monster that pursued them.
Carroll and Mina Heinzman had a good time. They liked each other
very much, and always saw a great deal to laugh at in the things
about them and in the subjects about which they talked. When,
however, they turned toward home, they were forced silent by the
mighty power of the wind against them. The tears ran from their
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Oedipus Trilogy by Sophocles: OEDIPUS
Did he at that time ever glance at me?
CREON
Not to my knowledge, not when I was by.
OEDIPUS
But was no search and inquisition made?
CREON
Surely full quest was made, but nothing learnt.
OEDIPUS
Why failed the seer to tell his story _then_?
CREON
Oedipus Trilogy |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Glaucus/The Wonders of the Shore by Charles Kingsley: especially for sidling in and out of cracks and crannies, he
carries with him such an apparatus of combs and brushes as Isidor
or Floris never dreamed of; with which he sweeps out of the sea-
water at every moment shoals of minute animalcules, and sucks them
into his tiny mouth. Mr. Gosse will tell you more of this marvel,
in his "Aquarium," p. 48.
Next, your sea-weeds, if they thrive as they ought to do, will sow
their minute spores in millions around them; and these, as they
vegetate, will form a green film on the inside of the glass,
spoiling your prospect: you may rub it off for yourself, if you
will, with a rag fastened to a stick; but if you wish at once to
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