| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Damaged Goods by Upton Sinclair: the fathers shall be visited upon the children.
George wrote notes to his wife, imploring her forgiveness. He
poured out all his agony and shame to her, begging her to see him
just once, to give him a chance to plead his defense. It was not
much of a defense, to be sure; it was only that he had done no
worse than the others did--only that he was a wretched victim of
ignorance. But he loved her, he had proven that he loved her,
and he pleaded that for the sake of their child she would forgive
him.
When all this availed nothing, he went to see the doctor, whose
advice he had so shamefully neglected. He besought this man to
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Westward Ho! by Charles Kingsley: "He is in a fit! Call in the surgeon! Run!" and up jumped kind-
hearted Jack, and brought in the surgeon of the galleon.
"Is this possible, senor?" asked the commandant.
"It is true. Door, there! Evans! go and bring in that rascal whom
we left bound in his cabin!"
Evans went, and the commandant continued--
"But the stern-gallery? How, in the name of all witches and
miracles, came your valor thither?"
"Simply enough, and owing neither to witch nor miracle. The night
before last we passed the mouth of the bay in our two canoes, which
we had lashed together after the fashion I had seen in the
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from King Henry VI by William Shakespeare: You have a father able to maintain you,
And better 't were you troubled him than France.
QUEEN MARGARET.
Peace, impudent and shameless Warwick,
Proud setter-up and puller-down of kings!
I will not hence, till, with my talk and tears,
Both full of truth, I make King Lewis behold
Thy sly conveyance and thy lord's false love;
For both of you are birds of selfsame feather.
[A horn sounded within.]
KING LEWIS.
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