| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Seraphita by Honore de Balzac: all harmony, all flame! God, who has placed Himself within our hearts
to blossom there; who hearkens to our prayers; who does not stand
aloof when we are His, but gives His presence absolutely! He who
revives us, magnifies us, and multiplies us in Himself; GOD! Minna, I
love thee because thou mayst be His! I love thee because if thou come
to Him thou wilt be mine."
"Lead me to Him," cried Minna, kneeling down; "take me by the hand; I
will not leave thee!"
"Lead us, Seraphita!" cried Wilfrid, coming to Minna's side with an
impetuous movement. "Yes, thou hast given me a thirst for Light, a
thirst for the Word. I am parched with the Love thou hast put into my
Seraphita |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Odyssey by Homer: chose out, in the dividing of the sheep, and on the shore I
offered him up to Zeus, even to the son of Cronos, who
dwells in the dark clouds, and is lord of all, and I burnt
the slices of the thighs. But he heeded not the sacrifice,
but was devising how my decked ships and my dear company
might perish utterly. Thus for that time we sat the
livelong day, until the going down of the sun, feasting on
abundant flesh and sweet wine. And when the sun had sunk
and darkness had come on, then we laid us to rest upon the
sea beach. So soon as early Dawn shone forth, the
rosy-fingered, I called to my company, and commanded them
The Odyssey |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Tarzan the Untamed by Edgar Rice Burroughs: was fully a quarter of a mile in rear of the party. He was
hurrying to catch up when Tarzan saw him, and as he passed
beneath the tree in which the ape-man perched above the trail,
a silent noose dropped deftly about his neck. The main body
still was in plain sight, and as the frightened man voiced a
piercing shriek of terror, they looked back to see his body rise
as though by magic straight into the air and disappear amidst
the leafy foliage above.
For a moment the blacks stood paralyzed by astonishment
and fear; but presently the burly sergeant, Usanga, who led
them, started back along the trail at a run, calling to the
Tarzan the Untamed |
