| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Return of Tarzan by Edgar Rice Burroughs: the gifts the black men received from these friends of their
king, but when they learned that he might sail away from
them upon the great canoe that lay at anchor a mile off
shore they became very sad.
As yet the newcomers had seen nothing of Lord Tennington
and Monsieur Thuran. They had gone out for fresh
meat early in the day, and had not yet returned.
"How surprised this man, whose name you say is Rokoff,
will be to see you," said Jane Porter to Tarzan.
"His surprise will be short-lived," replied the ape-man
grimly, and there was that in his tone that made her look up
The Return of Tarzan |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from On Horsemanship by Xenophon: It is important also to observe whether the jaws are soft or hard on
one or other side, since as a rule a horse with unequal jaws[20] is
liable to become hard-mouthed on one side.
[20] Or, "whose bars are not equally sensitive."
Again, a prominent rather than a sunken eye is suggestive of
alertness, and a horse of this type will have a wider range of vision.
And so of the nostrils: a wide-dilated nostril is at once better than
a contracted one for respiration, and gives the animal a fiercer
aspect. Note how, for instance, when one stallion is enraged against
another, or when his spirit chafes in being ridden,[21] the nostrils
at once become dilated.
On Horsemanship |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from At the Earth's Core by Edgar Rice Burroughs: hope to best one who slaughtered the sadok and dyryth
singlehanded! I shuddered; but, in fairness to myself,
my fear was more for Dian than for my own fate.
And then the great brute launched his massive stone-tipped
spear, and I raised my shield to break the force of its
terrific velocity. The impact hurled me to my knees,
but the shield had deflected the missile and I was unscathed.
Jubal was rushing upon me now with the only remaining
weapon that he carried--a murderous-looking knife.
He was too close for a careful bowshot, but I let drive
at him as he came, without taking aim. My arrow pierced
At the Earth's Core |
