| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Commission in Lunacy by Honore de Balzac: perfect loyalty, while it gave a singular look to his countenance.
This penthouse forehead might, in fact, hint at a touch of madness,
and his thick-knitted eyebrows added to the apparent eccentricity. He
had the white well-kept hands of a gentleman; his foot was high and
narrow. His hesitating speech--not merely as to his pronunciation,
which was that of a stammerer, but also in the expression of his
ideas, his thought and language--produced on the mind of the hearer
the impression of a man who, in familiar phraseology, comes and goes,
feels his way, tries everything, breaks off his gestures, and finishes
nothing. This defect was purely superficial, and in contrast with the
decisiveness of a firmly-set mouth, and the strongly-marked character
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Cromwell by William Shakespeare: For every ill turn show your self more kind;
Thus should I do; pardon, I speak my mind.
BAGOT.
Aye, sir, you speak to hear what I would say,
But you must live, I know, as well as I:
I know this place to be extortion,
And tis not for a man to keep him,
But he must lie, cog with his dearest friend,
And as for pity, scorn it, hate all conscience.
But yet I do commend your wit in this,
To make a show of what I hope you are not;
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Dracula by Bram Stoker: lately for sale."
These words put a different complexion on affairs.
He said, "I would like to oblige you if I could, Mr. Harker,
and especially would I like to oblige his lordship.
We once carried out a small matter of renting some chambers
for him when he was the Honorable Arthur Holmwood.
If you will let me have his lordship's address I will
consult the House on the subject, and will, in any case,
communicate with his lordship by tonight's post.
It will be a pleasure if we can so far deviate from our rules
as to give the required information to his lordship."
Dracula |
