| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The United States Constitution: Amendments as on other Bills.
Every Bill which shall have passed the House of Representatives and
the Senate, shall, before it become a Law, be presented to the
President of the United States; If he approve he shall sign it,
but if not he shall return it, with his Objections to that House
in which it shall have originated, who shall enter the Objections
at large on their Journal, and proceed to reconsider it.
If after such Reconsideration two thirds of that house
shall agree to pass the Bill, it shall be sent,
together with the Objections, to the other House, by which
it shall likewise be reconsidered, and if approved by two thirds
The United States Constitution |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from At the Sign of the Cat & Racket by Honore de Balzac: enjoy its brilliant illusions. But this misfortune has fallen on you,
my poor child, has it not? Well, then, you must try to arm yourself
against tyranny."
"Ah, madame, before coming in here, only seeing you as I came in, I
already detected some arts of which I had no suspicion."
"Well, come and see me sometimes, and it will not be long before you
have mastered the knowledge of these trifles, important, too, in their
way. Outward things are, to fools, half of life; and in that matter
more than one clever man is a fool, in spite of all his talent. But I
dare wager you never could refuse your Theodore anything!"
"How refuse anything, madame, if one loves a man?"
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Life of the Spider by J. Henri Fabre: stretch where a few tufts of hardy grasses sprout among the
pebbles. This wasteland is the Lycosa's paradise: in an hour's
time, if need were, I should discover a hundred burrows within a
limited range.
These dwellings are pits about a foot deep, perpendicular at first
and then bent elbow-wise. The average diameter is an inch. On the
edge of the hole stands a kerb, formed of straw, bits and scraps of
all sorts and even small pebbles, the size of a hazel-nut. The
whole is kept in place and cemented with silk. Often, the Spider
confines herself to drawing together the dry blades of the nearest
grass, which she ties down with the straps from her spinnerets,
The Life of the Spider |
