| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Black Tulip by Alexandre Dumas: "Honest Tyckelaer! Hurrah for Tyckelaer!" the mob cried in
chorus.
"And let us not forget," a voice exclaimed from the crowd,
"that at the same time with Cornelius his brother John, who
is as rascally a traitor as himself, will likewise make his
escape."
"And the two rogues will in France make merry with our
money, with the money for our vessels, our arsenals, and our
dockyards, which they have sold to Louis XIV."
"Well, then, don't let us allow them to depart!" advised one
of the patriots who had gained the start of the others.
The Black Tulip |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Collection of Antiquities by Honore de Balzac: underhand way, to prevent the vice-president from retiring in favor of
his son. If the learned old man left the bench, the President would be
utterly unable to do without him.
Goodman Blondet did not know that it was in Emile's power to fulfil
all his wishes in a few hours. The simplicity of his life was worthy
of one of Plutarch's men. In the evening he looked over his cases;
next morning he worked among his flowers; and all day long he gave
decisions on the bench. The pretty maid-servant, now of ripe age, and
wrinkled like an Easter pippin, looked after the house, and they lived
according to the established customs of the strictest parsimony. Mlle.
Cadot always carried the keys of her cupboards and fruit-loft about
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Spirit of the Border by Zane Grey: pails, rough-hewn boards and blocks of wood.
Instantly struck by two things, Jim voiced his curiosity:
"Why do these Indians all wear long hair, smooth and shiny, without
adornment?"
"They are Christians. They wear neither headdress, war-bonnet, nor
scalp-lock," replied Mr. Zeisberger, with unconscious pride.
"I did not expect to see a blacksmith's anvil out here in the wilderness.
Where did you procure these tools?"
"We have been years getting them here. Some came by way of the Ohio River;
others overland from Detroit. That anvil has a history. It was lost once, and
lay for years in the woods, until some Indians found it again. It is called
The Spirit of the Border |
