| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Ivanhoe by Walter Scott: chased each other over his broad and open
brow, like the shadow of clouds drifting over a harvest-field;
while his attendants, on whom the name
of the sixth knight seemed to produce an effect
almost electrical, hung in suspense upon their master's
looks. But when Rowena spoke, the sound of
her voice seemed to startle him from his silence.
``Lady,'' said Cedric, ``this beseems not; were
further pledge necessary, I myself, offended, and
justly offended, as I am, would yet gage my honour
for the honour of Ivanhoe. But the wager of battle
Ivanhoe |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood by Howard Pyle: twirling his staff above his head, betwixt his fingers and thumb,
until it whistled again.
Never did the Knights of Arthur's Round Table meet in a stouter
fight than did these two. In a moment Robin stepped quickly
upon the bridge where the stranger stood; first he made a feint,
and then delivered a blow at the stranger's head that, had it
met its mark, would have tumbled him speedily into the water.
But the stranger turned the blow right deftly and in return gave
one as stout, which Robin also turned as the stranger had done.
So they stood, each in his place, neither moving a finger's-breadth back,
for one good hour, and many blows were given and received by each in
The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Tarzan the Untamed by Edgar Rice Burroughs: though twenty pairs of savage eyes were gazing fixedly at
Lieutenant Harold Percy Smith-Oldwick, the fact aroused no
responsive sensation of impending danger in his placid breast.
He hummed peacefully and, his adjustment completed, tried
out his motor for a minute or two, then shut it off and de-
scended to the ground with the intention of stretching his legs
and taking a smoke before continuing his return flight to
camp. Now for the first time he took note of his surroundings,
to be immediately impressed by both the wildness and the
beauty of the scene. In some respects the tree-dotted meadow-
land reminded him of a parklike English forest, and that
Tarzan the Untamed |
