| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Barnaby Rudge by Charles Dickens: what he and his fellows meant by so nearly galloping over them, and
why they scoured the king's highway at that late hour of night.
The man whom be addressed was beginning an angry reply in the same
strain, when be was checked by the horseman in the centre, who,
interposing with an air of authority, inquired in a somewhat loud
but not harsh or unpleasant voice:
'Pray, is this the London road?'
'If you follow it right, it is,' replied Hugh roughly.
'Nay, brother,' said the same person, 'you're but a churlish
Englishman, if Englishman you be--which I should much doubt but for
your tongue. Your companion, I am sure, will answer me more
Barnaby Rudge |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Alcibiades I by Plato: SOCRATES: Did not I ask, and you answer the question?
ALCIBIADES: Yes.
SOCRATES: Then who is speaking? I who put the question, or you who answer
me?
ALCIBIADES: I am.
SOCRATES: Or suppose that I ask and you tell me the letters which make up
the name Socrates, which of us is the speaker?
ALCIBIADES: I am.
SOCRATES: Now let us put the case generally: whenever there is a question
and answer, who is the speaker,--the questioner or the answerer?
ALCIBIADES: I should say, Socrates, that the answerer was the speaker.
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Camille by Alexandre Dumas: violent, and Louise died of it. The mother still lives; how? God
knows.
This story returned to my mind while I looked at the silver
toilet things, and a certain space of time must have elapsed
during these reflections, for no one was left in the room but
myself and an attendant, who, standing near the door, was
carefully watching me to see that I did not pocket anything.
I went up to the man, to whom I was causing so much anxiety.
"Sir," I said, "can you tell me the name of the person who
formerly lived here?"
"Mademoiselle Marguerite Gautier."
Camille |
