| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Twice Told Tales by Nathaniel Hawthorne: strain, till the soul looked down upon its woe. And when the
awful rite was finished, and with cold hand in cold hand, the
Married of Eternity withdrew, the organ's peal of solemn triumph
drowned the Wedding Knell.
THE MINISTER'S BLACK VEIL A PARABLE[1]
[1] Another clergyman in New England, Mr. Joseph Moody, of York,
Maine, who died about eighty years since, made himself remarkable
by the same eccentricity that is here related of the Reverend Mr.
Hooper. In his case, however, the symbol had a different import.
In early life he had accidentally killed a beloved friend, and
from that day till the hour of his own death, he hid his face
Twice Told Tales |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Dracula by Bram Stoker: "Oh that we had known it before!" he said, "for then we might
have reached him in time to save poor Lucy. However, `the milk
that is spilt cries not out afterwards,'as you say. We shall
not think of that, but go on our way to the end." Then he fell
into a silence that lasted till we entered my own gateway.
Before we went to prepare for dinner he said to Mrs. Harker,
"I am told, Madam Mina, by my friend John that you and your
husband have put up in exact order all things that have been,
up to this moment."
"Not up to this moment, Professor," she said impulsively,
"but up to this morning."
Dracula |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Mad King by Edgar Rice Burroughs: restoring his identity to him with no one the wiser for the
interchange that had taken place. The king upset my plans
by stealing back his identity while I slept, with the result
that you see before you upon the floor. He has died as he
had lived--futilely."
As he spoke the Princess Emma had crossed the room to-
ward him. Now she stood at his side, her hand in his.
Tense silence reigned in the apartment. The old chancellor
stood with bowed head, buried in thought. All eyes were
upon him except those of the doctor, who had turned his
attention from the dead king to the wounded assassin. But-
The Mad King |
