| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Babbitt by Sinclair Lewis: out an entirely fresh one, tightened his black bow, and rubbed his
patent-leather pumps with a handkerchief. He glanced with pleasure at his
garnet and silver studs. He smoothed and patted his ankles, transformed by
silk socks from the sturdy shanks of George Babbitt to the elegant limbs of
what is called a Clubman. He stood before the pier-glass, viewing his trim
dinner-coat, his beautiful triple-braided trousers; and murmured in lyric
beatitude, "By golly, I don't look so bad. I certainly don't look like
Catawba. If the hicks back home could see me in this rig, they'd have a fit!"
He moved majestically down to mix the cocktails. As he chipped ice, as he
squeezed oranges, as he collected vast stores of bottles, glasses, and spoons
at the sink in the pantry, he felt as authoritative as the bartender at Healey
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Koran: them in the affair. As for what thou hast resolved, rely upon God;
verily, God loves those who do rely. If God help you, there is none
can overcome you; but if He leave you in the lurch, who is there can
help you after Him? Upon God then let believers rely.
It is not for the prophet to cheat; and he who cheats shall bring
what he has cheated on the resurrection day. Then shall each soul be
paid what it has earned, and they shall not be wronged. Is he who
follows the pleasure of God, like him who has drawn on himself anger
from God, whose resort is hell? An evil journey shall it be! These are
degrees with God, and God sees what ye do.
God was surely very gracious to the believers, when He sent
The Koran |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Jude the Obscure by Thomas Hardy: at other times by a little smoke, which in his estimate had some of
the mysticism of incense.
Then the day came when it suddenly occurred to him that if he ascended
to the point of view after dark, or possibly went a mile or two further,
he would see the night lights of the city. It would be necessary to come
back alone, but even that consideration did not deter him, for he could
throw a little manliness into his mood, no doubt.
The project was duly executed. It was not late when he arrived
at the place of outlook, only just after dusk, but a black
north-east sky, accompanied by a wind from the same quarter,
made the occasion dark enough. He was rewarded; but what
Jude the Obscure |
