| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Battle of the Books by Jonathan Swift: The bill might be with costs dismissed.
The cause appeared of so much weight,
That Venus from the judgment-seat
Desired them not to talk so loud,
Else she must interpose a cloud:
For if the heavenly folk should know
These pleadings in the Courts below,
That mortals here disdain to love,
She ne'er could show her face above.
For gods, their betters, are too wise
To value that which men despise.
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Story of an African Farm by Olive Schreiner: Gregory was not quite sure how to take these remarks. Being about a
Kaffer, they appeared to be of the nature of a joke; but, being seriously
spoken, they appeared earnest; so he half laughed and half not, to be on
the safe side.
"I've often thought so myself. It's funny we should both think the same; I
knew we should if once we talked. But there are other things--love, now,"
he added. "I wonder if we would think alike about that. I wrote an essay
on love once; the master said it was the best I ever wrote, and I can
remember the first sentence still--'Love is something that you feel in your
heart.'"
"That was a trenchant remark. Can't you remember any more?"
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Red Seal by Natalie Sumner Lincoln: Colonel McIntyre had not gone at once to see his daughter Helen,
as Barbara had supposed from his remark, instead he went down the
staircase and into the reception room on the ground floor. It
was generally used as a smoking room and lounge, but when
entertaining was done, cloaks and wraps were left there. McIntyre
looked over the prettily upholstered furniture, then strolled to
the window and carefully inspected the lock; it appeared in perfect
order as he tested it. Pushing the catch back as far as it would
go, he raised the window - the sash moved upward without a sound,
and he leaned out and looked up and down the path which ran the
depth of the house to the kitchen door and servants' entrance.
The Red Seal |
