| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Virginian by Owen Wister: astonish her when I tell her how harmless the torrent is
lookin'." He held out to his pony a slice of bread matted with
sardines, which the pony expertly accepted. "You're a plumb
pie-biter you Monte," he continued. Monte rubbed his nose on his
master's shoulder. "I wouldn't trust you with berries and cream.
No, seh; not though yu' did rescue a drownin' lady."
Presently he tightened the forward cinch, got in the saddle, and
the pony fell into his wise mechanical jog; for he had come a
long way, and was going a long way, and he knew this as well as
the man did.
To use the language of Cattle Land, steers had "jumped to
The Virginian |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Glaucus/The Wonders of the Shore by Charles Kingsley: great cities to the loveliest scenery, and the hills where every
breeze is health, affords facilities for healthy physical life
unknown to the Englishman, who has no Arthur's Seat towering above
his London, no Western Islands sporting the ocean firths beside his
Manchester. Field sports, with the invaluable training which they
give, if not
"The reason firm,"
yet still
"The temperate will,
Endurance, foresight, strength, and skill,"
have become impossible for the greater number: and athletic
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Verses 1889-1896 by Rudyard Kipling: They were learnin' the regular work of our Corps,
The work of, etc.
For ever since then, if a war they would wage,
Behold us a-shinin' on history's page --
First page for, etc.
We lay down their sidings an' help 'em entrain,
An' we sweep up their mess through the bloomin' campaign,
In the style of, etc.
Verses 1889-1896 |
