| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Hunting of the Snark by Lewis Carroll: "Just the place for a Snark!" the Bellman cried,
As he landed his crew with care;
Supporting each man on the top of the tide
By a finger entwined in his hair.
"Just the place for a Snark! I have said it twice:
That alone should encourage the crew.
Just the place for a Snark! I have said it thrice:
What i tell you three times is true."
The crew was complete: it included a Boots--
A maker of Bonnets and Hoods--
A Barrister, brought to arrange their disputes--
The Hunting of the Snark |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Black Dwarf by Walter Scott: and that conferred before midnight this very evening!"
"This evening, sir?" said the young lady, struck with horror at
the proposal--"and to such a man!--A man?--a monster, who could
wish to win the daughter by threatening the life of the father
--it is impossible!"
"You say right, my child," answered her father, "it is indeed
impossible; nor have I either the right or the wish to exact such
a sacrifice--It is the course of nature that the old should die
and be forgot, and the young should live and be happy."
"My father die, and his child can save him!--but no--no--my dear
father, pardon me, it is impossible; you only wish to guide me to
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