| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Youth by Joseph Conrad: delay. The boat-keepers were swearing feebly, and I
had not only my share of the work, but also had to keep
at it two men who showed a constant inclination to lay
themselves down and let things slide.
"At last I hailed 'On deck there,' and someone looked
over. 'We're ready here,' I said. The head disap-
peared, and very soon popped up again. 'The captain
says, All right, sir, and to keep the boats well clear of the
ship.'
"Half an hour passed. Suddenly there was a frightful
racket, rattle, clanking of chain, hiss of water, and mil-
Youth |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Aeneid by Virgil: Now let him perish, since you hold it good,
And glut the Trojans with his pious blood.
Yet from our lineage he derives his name,
And, in the fourth degree, from god Pilumnus came;
Yet he devoutly pays you rites divine,
And offers daily incense at your shrine."
Then shortly thus the sov'reign god replied:
"Since in my pow'r and goodness you confide,
If for a little space, a lengthen'd span,
You beg reprieve for this expiring man,
I grant you leave to take your Turnus hence
Aeneid |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Circular Staircase by Mary Roberts Rinehart: reckon."
But with the presence of the "bunch" of servants my courage
revived, and late in the afternoon came a message from Gertrude
that she and Halsey would arrive that night at about eleven
o'clock, coming in the car from Richfield. Things were looking
up; and when Beulah, my cat, a most intelligent animal, found
some early catnip on a bank near the house and rolled in it
in a feline ecstasy, I decided that getting back to nature was
the thing to do.
While I was dressing for dinner, Liddy rapped at the door. She
was hardly herself yet, but privately I think she was worrying
The Circular Staircase |
