| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Catherine de Medici by Honore de Balzac: may seem extraordinary in our time, when all the world, even ministers
of State, tell everything about the least little event with which they
have to do; but in those days princes could find devoted servants, or
knew how to choose them. Monarchical Moreys existed because in those
days there was /faith/. Never ask devotion of /self-interest/, because
such interest may change; but expect all from sentiments, religious
faith, monarchical faith, patriotic faith. Those three beliefs
produced such men as the Berthereaus of Geneva, the Sydneys and
Straffords of England, the murderers of Thomas a Becket, the Jacques
Coeurs, the Jeanne d'Arcs, the Richelieus, Dantons, Bonchamps,
Talmonts, and also the Clements, Chabots, and others.
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Desert Gold by Zane Grey: not thinking of material wealth. Then, as he viewed his stained
and torn shirt, he laughed and said "Belding, while I'm getting
rich I'd like to have some respectable clothes."
"We've a little Mex store in town, and what you can't get there
the women folks will make for you."
When Dick lay down he was dully conscious of pain and headache,
that he did not feel well. Despite this, and a mind thronging
with memories and anticipations, he succumbed to weariness
and soon fell asleep.
It was light when he awoke, but a strange brightness seen through
what seemed blurred eyes. A moment passed before his mind worked
Desert Gold |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Recruit by Honore de Balzac: that she was unable to receive them. Then, with that frank curiosity
which appears in provincial manners, they inquired what misfortune,
grief, or illness afflicted her. In reply to these questions, an old
housekeeper named Brigitte informed them that her mistress had shut
herself up in her room and would see no one, not even the servants of
the house. The semi-cloistral existence of the inhabitants of a little
town creates so invincible a habit of analyzing and explaining the
actions of their neighbors, that after compassionating Madame de Dey
(without knowing whether she were happy or unhappy), they proceeded to
search for the reasons of this sudden retreat.
"If she were ill," said the first Inquisitive, "she would have sent
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