| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Tarzan of the Apes by Edgar Rice Burroughs: "This is Monsieur Tarzan, Father Constantine," replied
D'Arnot, indicating the ape-man; and as the priest extended
his hand to Tarzan, D'Arnot added: "and I am Paul D'Arnot,
of the French Navy."
Father Constantine took the hand which Tarzan extended
in imitation of the priest's act, while the latter took in
the superb physique and handsome face in one quick, keen glance.
And thus came Tarzan of the Apes to the first outpost of
civilization.
For a week they remained there, and the ape-man, keenly
observant, learned much of the ways of men; meanwhile black
Tarzan of the Apes |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Woman and Labour by Olive Schreiner: labour in the fields of statesmanship, administration, or law; as into
these fields there has been practically no admittance for women. It is
sometimes stated, that as several women of genius in modern times have
sought to find expression for their creative powers in the art of fiction,
there must be some inherent connection in the human brain between the
ovarian sex function and the art of fiction. The fact is, that modern
fiction being merely a description of human life in any of its phases, and
being the only art that can be exercised without special training or
special appliances, and produced in the moments stolen from the
multifarious, brain-destroying occupations which fill the average woman's
life, they have been driven to find this outlet for their powers as the
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Confessio Amantis by John Gower: And was policed ek so clene
That no signe of the Skulle is sene,
Bot as it were a Gripes Ey.
The king bad bere his Cuppe awey,
Which stod tofore him on the bord,
And fette thilke. Upon his word
This Skulle is fet and wyn therinne,
Wherof he bad his wif beginne: 2550
"Drink with thi fader, Dame," he seide.
And sche to his biddinge obeide,
And tok the Skulle, and what hire liste
Confessio Amantis |
