| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Egmont by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe: great store, too, by the rarest books. One of these contained our whole
constitution; how, at first, we Netherlanders had princes of our own, who
governed according to hereditary laws, rights, and usages; how our
ancestors paid due honour to their sovereign so long as he governed them
equitably; and how they were immediately on their guard the moment he
was for overstepping his bounds. The states were down upon him at once;
for every province, however small, had its own chamber and
representatives.
Carpenter. Hold your tongue! We knew that long ago! Every honest
citizen learns as much about the constitution as he needs.
Jetter. Let him speak; one may always learn something.
Egmont |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from King James Bible: from heaven, and consumed the burnt offering and the sacrifices; and the
glory of the LORD filled the house.
CH2 7:2 And the priests could not enter into the house of the LORD,
because the glory of the LORD had filled the LORD's house.
CH2 7:3 And when all the children of Israel saw how the fire came down,
and the glory of the LORD upon the house, they bowed themselves with
their faces to the ground upon the pavement, and worshipped, and praised
the LORD, saying, For he is good; for his mercy endureth for ever.
CH2 7:4 Then the king and all the people offered sacrifices before the
LORD.
CH2 7:5 And king Solomon offered a sacrifice of twenty and two thousand
King James Bible |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Lesson of the Master by Henry James: "Ah but he respects YOU!" the girl cried as with envy.
Her visitor stared a moment, then broke into a laugh. "Doesn't he
respect you?"
"Of course, but not in the same way. He respects what you've done
- he told me so, the other day."
Paul drank it in, but retained his faculties. "When you went to
look at types?"
"Yes - we found so many: he has such an observation of them! He
talked a great deal about your book. He says it's really
important."
"Important! Ah the grand creature!" - and the author of the work
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