| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Vicar of Tours by Honore de Balzac: of the ablest generals," replied Monsieur de Bourbonne. "Bow to
Troubert, and if his hatred is less strong than his vanity you will
make him your ally; but if you bow too low he will walk over you
rough-shod; make believe that you intend to leave the service, and
you'll escape him, Monsieur le baron. Send away Birotteau, madame, and
you will set things right with Mademoiselle Gamard. Ask the Abbe
Troubert, when you meet him at the archbishop's, if he can play whist.
He will say yes. Then invite him to your salon, where he wants to be
received; he'll be sure to come. You are a woman, and you can
certainly win a priest to your interests. When the baron is promoted,
his uncle peer of France, and Troubert a bishop, you can make
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Koran: And He has cast firm mountains on the earth lest it move with you;
and rivers and roads; haply ye may be guided.
And landmarks; and by the stars too are they guided.
Is He who creates like him who creates not?- are they then
unmindful?
But if ye would number the favours of God, ye cannot count them.
Verily, God is forgiving, merciful.
God knows what ye keep secret, and what ye disclose.
And those on whom ye call beside God cannot create anything, for
they are themselves created. Dead, not living, nor can they perceive!
When shall they be raised?
The Koran |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Faraday as a Discoverer by John Tyndall: coalescence of two distinct waves, which though for a moment blended
to a single mass, preserve their individuality, and afterwards
separate.
[2] In this form the experiment is identical with one made twenty
years earlier. See page 34.
Chapter 14.
Unity and convertibility of natural forces:
theory of the electric current.
The terms unity and convertibility, as applied to natural forces,
are often employed in these investigations, many profound and
beautiful thoughts respecting these subjects being expressed in
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