| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Finished by H. Rider Haggard: part which this very assegai had played a few months before in
the Vale of Bones. Well, even the greatest masters make such
slips at times when their minds are full of other things. But if
Zikali forgot, Cetewayo and his councillors remembered, as I
could see by the look of quick intelligence that flashed from
face to face.
"So! Mopo the murderer, he who vanished from the land after the
death of my uncle Dingaan, gave you the little red assegai, did
he, Opener of Roads! And but a few months ago that assegai,
which old Sigananda knew again, thrown by the hand of the
Inkosazana-y-Zulu, drew blood from my body after the white man,
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Forged Coupon by Leo Tolstoy: every one, save scoundrels who deserve no happi-
ness, will be happy."
"What do you think about that?" the young
Tsar asked his wife.
"I have a different opinion," said the clever
young woman, who had been brought up in a free
country. "I am glad you had that dream, and I
agree with you that there are grave responsibili-
ties resting upon you. I have often thought about
it with great anxiety, and I think there is a simple
means of casting off a part of the responsibility
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from A Voyage to Arcturus by David Lindsay: in your land, is it because passion is weaker, or stronger?"
"In other parts of the world there is soft passion, but in Lichstorm
there is hard passion."
"But what do you call hard passion?"
"Where men are called to women by pain, and not pleasure."
"I intend to understand, before I've finished."
"Yes," answered Haunte, with a taunting look, "it would be a pity to
let the chance slip, since you're going to Lichstorm."
It was now Corpang's turn to take Maskull by the arm. "This journey
will end badly."
"Why so?"
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