| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Albert Savarus by Honore de Balzac: to which a priest of this diocese may be a party. Not a word about
my previous life, and we will be true to each other.'
"When he came to thank me afterwards, he gave me a note for five
hundred francs, and said in my ear, 'The votes are a bargain all
the same.'--I have in the course of five interviews made a friend,
I think, of this Vicar-General.
"Now I am overwhelmed with business, and I undertake no cases but
those brought to me by merchants, saying that commercial questions
are my specialty. This line of conduct attaches business men to
me, and allows me to make friends with influential persons. So all
goes well. Within a few months I shall have found a house to
Albert Savarus |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Tanglewood Tales by Nathaniel Hawthorne: however, and amidst the sports, dancing, and other merriment,
with which these young folks wore away the time, they never
once thought whether their sails were black, white, or rainbow
colored, and, indeed, left it entirely to the mariners whether
they had any sails at all. Thus the vessel returned, like a
raven, with the same sable wings that had wafted her away. But
poor King Aegeus, day after day, infirm as he was, had
clambered to the summit of a cliff that overhung the sea, and
there sat watching for Prince Theseus, homeward bound; and no
sooner did he behold the fatal blackness of the sails, than he
concluded that his dear son, whom he loved so much, and felt so
Tanglewood Tales |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood by Howard Pyle: But fain would I shun blood and battle, and fain would I not deal sorrow
to womenfolk and wives because good stout yeomen lose their lives.
Once I slew a man, and never do I wish to slay a man again,
for it is bitter for the soul to think thereon. So now we will
abide silently in Sherwood Forest, so that it may be well for all,
but should we be forced to defend ourselves, or any of our band,
then let each man draw bow and brand with might and main."
At this speech many of the band shook their heads, and said to themselves,
"Now the Sheriff will think that we are cowards, and folk will scoff
throughout the countryside, saying that we fear to meet these men."
But they said nothing aloud, swallowing their words and doing as
The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood |
