| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Complete Angler by Izaak Walton: Concerning which two opinions I shall forbear to add a third, by
declaring my own; and rest myself contented in telling you, my very
worthy friend, that both these meet together, and do most properly
belong to the most honest, ingenuous, quiet, and harmless art of
angling.
And first, I shall tell you what some have observed, and I have found it
to be a real truth, that the very sitting by the river's side is not only the
quietest and fittest place for contemplation, but will invite an angler to
it: and this seems to be maintained by the learned Peter du Moulin,
who, in his discourse of the fulfilling of Prophecies, observes, that
when God intended to reveal any future events or high notions to his
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Russia in 1919 by Arthur Ransome: a new stage. They no longer had to do open battle with
open enemies; they had merely to guard themselves against
individuals. The laws of war by which, meeting him on the
field of battle, the soldier had a right to kill his enemy
without trial, no longer held good. The situation was now
that of peace, where each offender must have his guilt
proved before a court. Therefore the right of
sentencing was removed from the Extraordinary
Commission; but if, through unforeseen circumstances, the
old conditions should return, they intended that the
dictatorial powers of the Commission should be restored to it
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from An International Episode by Henry James: and look at you. I suppose you will think I am very satirical,
but I must confess that that's the feeling I have in London."
"I am afraid I don't quite understand to what feeling you allude,"
said Percy Beaumont.
"The feeling that it's all very well for you English people.
Everything is beautifully arranged for you."
"It seems to me it is very well for some Americans, sometimes,"
rejoined Beaumont.
"For some of them, yes--if they like to be patronized.
But I must say I don't like to be patronized. I may be very eccentric,
and undisciplined, and outrageous, but I confess I never was fond
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