| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Sesame and Lilies by John Ruskin: the only holy or Mother Church which ever was, or ever shall be.
All these pleasures then, and all these virtues, I repeat, you
nationally despise. You have, indeed, men among you who do not; by
whose work, by whose strength, by whose life, by whose death, you
live, and never thank them. Your wealth, your amusement, your
pride, would all be alike impossible, but for those whom you scorn
or forget. The policeman, who is walking up and down the black lane
all night to watch the guilt you have created there; and may have
his brains beaten out, and be maimed for life, at any moment, and
never be thanked; the sailor wrestling with the sea's rage; the
quiet student poring over his book or his vial; the common worker,
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Babbitt by Sinclair Lewis: these balls and masquerades and banquets and all that society stuff. I often
feel that way in Zenith. Sure, you bet I'll come."
"That's awfully nice of you." They beamed along the street. "Look here, old
chap, can you tell me, do American cities always keep up this dreadful social
pace? All these magnificent parties?"
"Go on now, quit your kidding! Gosh, you with court balls and functions and
everything--"
"No, really, old chap! Mother and I--Lady Doak, I should say, we usually play
a hand of bezique and go to bed at ten. Bless my soul, I couldn't keep up your
beastly pace! And talking! All your American women, they know so
much--culture and that sort of thing. This Mrs. McKelvey--your friend--"
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Howard Pyle's Book of Pirates by Howard Pyle: "Why, Captain," he said, "as for two or three kegs of Hollands,
you won't find that aboard. But if you'd like to have a keg of it
for your own drinking, I'll send it to you and be glad enough to
do so for old acquaintance' sake."
"But I tell you what 'tis, Captain," said the visiting skipper to
Blackbeard, "they're determined and set against you this time. I
tell you, Captain, Governor Spottiswood hath issued a hot
proclamation against you, and 't hath been read out in all the
churches. I myself saw it posted in Yorktown upon the customhouse
door and read it there myself. The governor offers one hundred
pounds for you, and fifty pounds for your officers, and twenty
Howard Pyle's Book of Pirates |
