| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Les Miserables by Victor Hugo: leaving that condemned man there, to ignore the rest and not to meddle
further in the matter. This man is forever a prisoner of the law;
the law may do with him what it will. What could be more just?
Javert had said all this to himself; he had wished to pass beyond,
to act, to apprehend the man, and then, as at present, he had not been
able to do it; and every time that his arm had been raised convulsively
towards Jean Valjean's collar, his hand had fallen back again,
as beneath an enormous weight, and in the depths of his thought he
had heard a voice, a strange voice crying to him:--"It is well.
Deliver up your savior. Then have the basin of Pontius Pilate
brought and wash your claws."
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Poems by Bronte Sisters: Yes, as my swift days near their goal:
'Tis all that I implore ;
In life and death a chainless soul,
With courage to endure.
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POEMS BY ACTON BELL,
A REMINISCENCE.
Yes, thou art gone! and never more
Thy sunny smile shall gladden me;
But I may pass the old church door,
And pace the floor that covers thee,
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Brother of Daphne by Dornford Yates: "Yes," said my companion, her voice shaking a little.
"Then I beseech you to have no dealing with the being whose vile
accents I heard but a moment ago. A man of depraved instincts
and profligate ways, he is no fit companion for a young and
innocent girl. Moreover, viper-like, he bears malice towards us,
who have shielded him for years."
"How awful," said the girl.
"Yes," said Berry, "for your own sake, dear lady, beware of him.
And for ours, too, I beg you. On no account accept his proffered
assistance- in the matter of the key, I mean. If he really has
matches, tell him to throw them in. Adopt a hectoring tone and
The Brother of Daphne |
