| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis Carroll: like a Turk, on the top of a high wall--such a narrow one that
Alice quite wondered how he could keep his balance--and, as his
eyes were steadily fixed in the opposite direction, and he didn't
take the least notice of her, she thought he must be a stuffed
figure after all.
`And how exactly like an egg he is!' she said aloud, standing
with her hands ready to catch him, for she was every moment
expecting him to fall.
`It's VERY provoking,' Humpty Dumpty said after a long silence,
looking away from Alice as he spoke, `to be called an egg--
VERY!'
Through the Looking-Glass |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Psychology of Revolution by Gustave le Bon: too obvious to need pointing out. In the case of civilised
nations and barbarian peoples, which contain similar averages of
mediocrities, the superiority of the former arises solely from
the superior minds which they contain. The United States have
understood this so thoroughly that they forbid the immigration of
Chinese workers, whose capacity is identical with that of
American workers, and who, working for lower wages, tend to
create a formidable competition with the latter. Despite these
evidences we see the antagonism between the multitude and the
elect increasing day by day. At no period were the elect more
necessary, yet never were they supported with such difficulty.
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Rescue by Joseph Conrad: and disturbed water left by the brig in her rapid course
prevented him from reflecting much upon the incertitude of the
future and upon his own unusual situation.
Now he was only exceedingly anxious to see the yacht again, and
it was with a feeling of very real satisfaction that he saw all
plain sail being made on the brig. Through the remaining hours of
the night he sat grasping the tiller and keeping his eyes on the
shadowy and high pyramid of canvas gliding steadily ahead of his
boat with a slight balancing movement from side to side.
IV
It was noon before the brig, piloted by Lingard through the deep
The Rescue |
