| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Essays of Francis Bacon by Francis Bacon: lodging from one end and part of the town, to an-
other; which is a great adamant of acquaintance.
Let him sequester himself, from the company of
his countrymen, and diet in such places, where
there is good company of the nation where he
travelleth. Let him, upon his removes from one
place to another, procure recommendation to some
person of quality, residing in the place whither he
removeth; that he may use his favor, in those
things he desireth to see or know. Thus he may
abridge his travel, with much profit. As for the
Essays of Francis Bacon |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Brother of Daphne by Dornford Yates: "If you said you'd been seeing two holes all day, I could believe
it," said Jonah. "Anyone might think so from the way you've been
playing."
Berry smiled ecstatically. "My recent- er- chef d'oeuvre- (note
the Parisian accent)- has ipso facto- (Latin of the Augustan
Age)- placed me beyond the pricks of criticism. The venom,
brother, which you would squirt upon me, bespatters but yourself.
Boy, place me the globe upon yon pinnacle of sand. So. Now
indicate to me the distant pin. Thank you. Do I see it? No.
Natheless (obsolete, but pure), I say nameless it beckons me.
And now give me- yes, give me Douglas."
The Brother of Daphne |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from King Lear by William Shakespeare: though
she's as like this as a crab's like an apple, yet I can tell
what I can tell.
Lear. What canst tell, boy?
Fool. She'll taste as like this as a crab does to a crab. Thou
canst tell why one's nose stands i' th' middle on's face?
Lear. No.
Fool. Why, to keep one's eyes of either side's nose, that what
a
man cannot smell out, 'a may spy into.
Lear. I did her wrong.
King Lear |
