| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Kenilworth by Walter Scott: of England's noblest Earl?"
"One day?" said her husband. "Yes, Amy, my love, one day this
shall surely happen; and, believe me, thou canst not wish for
that day more fondly than I. With what rapture could I retire
from labours of state, and cares and toils of ambition, to spend
my life in dignity and honour on my own broad domains, with thee,
my lovely Amy, for my friend and companion! But, Amy, this
cannot yet be; and these dear but stolen interviews are all I can
give to the loveliest and the best beloved of her sex."
"But WHY can it not be?" urged the Countess, in the softest
tones of persuasion--"why can it not immediately take place--this
Kenilworth |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Virginian by Owen Wister: And you speak" (he lifted the letter) "of never being able to
repay kindness; but you have turned the tables. I can never repay
you by anything! by anything! So I had figured I would just jog
back to Sunk Creek and let you get away, if you did not want to
say that kind of good-by. For I saw the boxes. Mrs. Taylor is too
nice a woman to know the trick of lyin', and she could not
deceive me. I have knowed yu' were going away for good ever since
I saw those boxes. But now hyeh comes your letter, and it seems
no way but I must speak. I have thought a deal, lyin' in this
room. And--to-day--I can say what I have thought. I could not
make you happy." He stopped, but she did not answer. His voice
The Virginian |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Barlaam and Ioasaph by St. John of Damascus: miracles and acts. Afterward, it telleth of the innocent
suffering which the Lord endured for our sake, of his holy
Resurrection on the third day, his Ascent into the heavens, and
of his glorious and dreadful second coming; for the Son of God
shall come again on earth, with unspeakable glory, and with a
multitude of the heavenly host to judge our race, and to reward
every man according to his works. For, at the beginning, God
created man out of earth, as I have already told thee, and
breathed into him breath, which is called a reasonable and
understanding soul. But since we were sentenced to death, we die
all: and it is not possible for this cup to pass any man by. Now
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