| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Essays of Francis Bacon by Francis Bacon: most part, the good such servants receive, is after
the model of their own fortune; but the hurt they
sell for that good, is after the model of their
master's fortune. And certainly it is the nature of
extreme self-lovers, as they will set an house on fire,
and it were but to roast their eggs; and yet these
men many times hold credit with their masters,
because their study is but to please them, and profit
themselves; and for either respect, they will aban-
don the good of their affairs.
Wisdom for a man's self is, in many branches
Essays of Francis Bacon |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from My Antonia by Willa Cather: that they would enlarge and multiply until they would be,
not the Shimerdas' cornfields, or Mr. Bushy's, but the world's cornfields;
that their yield would be one of the great economic facts,
like the wheat crop of Russia, which underlie all the activities
of men, in peace or war.
The burning sun of those few weeks, with occasional rains at night,
secured the corn. After the milky ears were once formed, we had little
to fear from dry weather. The men were working so hard in the wheatfields
that they did not notice the heat--though I was kept busy carrying water
for them--and grandmother and Antonia had so much to do in the kitchen
that they could not have told whether one day was hotter than another.
My Antonia |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Lost Princess of Oz by L. Frank Baum: again, and as the Wizard was now convinced they could not reach the
magic tools in that manner, the attempt was abandoned. "But SOMETHING
must be done," said the Wizard, and then he turned to the Lavender
Bear and asked, "Cannot Your Majesty's magic help us to escape from
here?"
"My magic powers are limited," was the reply. "When I was stuffed,
the fairies stood by and slyly dropped some magic into my stuffing.
Therefore I can do any of the magic that's inside me, but nothing
else. You, however, are a wizard, and a wizard should be able to do
anything."
"Your Majesty forgets that my tools of magic have been stolen," said
The Lost Princess of Oz |
