| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from A Pair of Blue Eyes by Thomas Hardy: mortal man. Poor fellow! He'd clap his hand upon my shoulder and
cuss me as familial and neighbourly as if he'd been a common chap.
Ay, 'a cussed me up hill and 'a cussed me down; and then 'a would
rave out again, and the goold clamps of his fine new teeth would
glisten in the sun like fetters of brass, while I, being a small
man and poor, was fain to say nothing at all. Such a strappen
fine gentleman as he was too! Yes, I rather liked en sometimes.
But once now and then, when I looked at his towering height, I'd
think in my inside, "What a weight you'll be, my lord, for our
arms to lower under the aisle of Endelstow Church some day!"'
'And was he?' inquired a young labourer.
A Pair of Blue Eyes |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Koran: engaging in familiar discourse. Verily, that would annoy the prophet
and he would be ashamed for your sake, but God is not ashamed of the
truth.
And when ye ask them for an article, ask them from behind a curtain;
that is purer for your hearts and for theirs. It is not right for
you to annoy the prophet of God, nor to wed his wives after him
ever; verily, that is with God a serious thing.
If ye display a thing or conceal it, verily, God all things doth
know.
There is no crime against them (if they speak unveiled) to their
fathers, or their sons, or their brothers, or their brothers' sons, or
The Koran |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Glimpses of the Moon by Edith Wharton: should have come from Mrs. Gillow."
"Instead of coming from my millionaire bridegroom, Oh, I haven't
any; in that respect I'm as free as you."
"Well, then--? Haven't we only got to stay free?"
Susy drew her brows together anxiously. It was going to be
rather more difficult than she had supposed.
"I said I was as free in that respect. I'm not going to
marry--and I don't suppose you are?"
"God, no!" he ejaculated fervently.
"But that doesn't always imply complete freedom ...."
He stood just above her, leaning his elbow against the hideous
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