| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Salammbo by Gustave Flaubert: It was agreed first to entreat the assistance of the Romans, and this
mission was offered to Spendius, but as a fugitive he dared not
undertake it. Twelve men from the Greek colonies embarked at Annaba in
a sloop belonging to the Numidians. Then the chiefs exacted an oath of
complete obedience from all the Barbarians. Every day the captains
inspected clothes and boots; the sentries were even forbidden to use a
shield, for they would often lean it against their lance and fall
asleep as they stood; those who had any baggage trailing after them
were obliged to get rid of it; everything was to be carried, in Roman
fashion, on the back. As a precaution against the elephants Matho
instituted a corps of cataphract cavalry, men and horses being hidden
Salammbo |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Kwaidan by Lafcadio Hearn: to place myself wholly at your disposal. He also bids me inform you that he
augustly desires your presence at the palace. Be therefore pleased
immediately to enter this honorable carriage, which he has sent for your
conveyance."
Upon hearing these words Akinosuke wanted to make some fitting reply; but
he was too much astonished and embarrassed for speech;-- and in the same
moment his will seemed to melt away from him, so that he could only do as
the kerai bade him. He entered the carriage; the kerai took a place beside
him, and made a signal; the drawers, seizing the silken ropes, turned the
great vehicle southward;-- and the journey began.
In a very short time, to Akinosuke's amazement, the carriage stopped in
Kwaidan |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Trooper Peter Halket of Mashonaland by Olive Schreiner: lords and dukes and princes connected with it. And why shouldn't they pay
for his company? He would have a lord in it too!
Peter Halket looked into the fire completely absorbed in his calculations.-
-Peter Halket, Esq., Director of the Peter Halket Gold Mining Company,
Limited. Then, when he had got thousands, Peter Halket, Esq., M.P. Then,
when he had millions, Sir Peter Halket, Privy Councillor!
He reflected deeply, looking into the blaze. If you had five or six
millions you could go where you liked and do what you liked. You could go
to Sandringham. You could marry anyone. No one would ask what your mother
had been; it wouldn't matter.
A curious dull sinking sensation came over Peter Halket; and he drew in his
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