| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Kenilworth by Walter Scott: acknowledge him--HIM there--that very cloak-brushing, shoe-
cleaning fellow--HIM there, my lord's lackey, for my liege lord
and husband; furnishing against myself, Great God! whenever I
was to vindicate my right and my rank, such weapons as would hew
my just claim from the root, and destroy my character to be
regarded as an honourable matron of the English nobility!"
"You hear her, Foster, and you, young maiden, hear this lady,"
answered Varney, taking advantage of the pause which the Countess
had made in her charge, more for lack of breath than for lack of
matter--"you hear that her heat only objects to me the course
which our good lord, for the purpose to keep certain matters
Kenilworth |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from When the Sleeper Wakes by H. G. Wells: "Eh!" said the voice." Old, are you? You don't
sound so very old! But its not everyone keeps his
memory to my time of life--truly. But these
notorious things! But you're not so old as me--not
nearly so old as me. Well! I ought not to judge
other men by myself, perhaps. I'm young--for so
old a man. Maybe you're old for so young."
"That's it," said Graham. "And I've a queer history.
I know very little. And history! Practically I
know no history. The Sleeper and Julius Caesar are
all the same to me. It's interesting to hear you talk
When the Sleeper Wakes |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The $30,000 Bequest and Other Stories by Mark Twain: what real right have we care for expenses!"
"You couldn't do a nobler thing, dear; and it's just like your
generous nature, you unselfish boy."
The praise made Sally poignantly happy, but he was fair and just
enough to say it was rightfully due to Aleck rather than to himself,
since but for her he should never have had the money.
Then they went up to bed, and in their delirium of bliss they forgot
and left the candle burning in the parlor. They did not remember
until they were undressed; then Sally was for letting it burn;
he said they could afford it, if it was a thousand. But Aleck went
down and put it out.
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