| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Mad King by Edgar Rice Burroughs: was pouring out of Lustadt along the King's Road. Rich
and poor, animated by a common impulse, filled the narrow
street that led to the city's southern gate. Carts drawn by
dogs, laden donkeys, French limousines, victorias, wheel-
barrows--every conceivable wheeled vehicle and beast of
burden--were jammed in a seemingly inextricable tangle in
the mad rush for safety.
Rumor passed back and forth through the fleeing thou-
sands. Now came word that Fort No. 2 had been silenced
by the Austrian guns. Immediately followed news that the
Luthanian line was falling back upon the city. Fear turned
The Mad King |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Around the World in 80 Days by Jules Verne: is situated at least twelve miles up the stream. At seven they were still
three miles from Shanghai. The pilot swore an angry oath; the reward of
two hundred pounds was evidently on the point of escaping him. He looked
at Mr. Fogg. Mr. Fogg was perfectly tranquil; and yet his whole fortune
was at this moment at stake.
At this moment, also, a long black funnel, crowned with wreaths of smoke,
appeared on the edge of the waters. It was the American steamer,
leaving for Yokohama at the appointed time.
"Confound her!" cried John Bunsby, pushing back the rudder
with a desperate jerk.
"Signal her!" said Phileas Fogg quietly.
Around the World in 80 Days |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Symposium by Xenophon: Phil. What, then, to nothing, and to nobody?
Soc. To nought in aught. Let him remain his simple self--
Phil. Incomparable. But if my tongue is not to wag, whatever shall I
do to earn my dinner?
Soc. Why, that you shall quite easily, if with your wagging tongue you
do not try to utter things unutterable.
Here was a pretty quarrel over wine soon kindled and soon burnt.
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But on the instant those who had not assisted in the fray gave tongue,
the one part urging the jester to proceed with his comparisons, and
the other part dissuading.
The Symposium |
