| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from War of the Worlds by H. G. Wells: dropping aitches, you'd better chuck 'em away. They ain't
no further use."
"You mean----"
"I mean that men like me are going on living--for the
sake of the breed. I tell you, I'm grim set on living. And if
I'm not mistaken, you'll show what insides YOU'VE got, too,
before long. We aren't going to be exterminated. And I don't
mean to be caught either, and tamed and fattened and bred
like a thundering ox. Ugh! Fancy those brown creepers!"
"You don't mean to say----"
"I do. I'm going on, under their feet. I've got it planned;
War of the Worlds |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Master and Man by Leo Tolstoy: match after match. At last he got one to burn and lit a
cigarette. He was very glad that he had managed to do what he
wanted, and though the wind smoked more of the cigarette than
he did, he still got two or three puffs and felt more cheerful.
He again leant back, wrapped himself up, started reflecting
and remembering, and suddenly and quite unexpectedly lost
consciousness and fell asleep.
Suddenly something seemed to give him a push and awoke him.
Whether it was Mukhorty who had pulled some straw from under
him, or whether something within him had startled him, at all
events it woke him, and his heart began to beat faster and
Master and Man |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Iron Puddler by James J. Davis: of government. (Note the spelling of Davies. It is the Welsh
spelling. When my father signed his American naturalization
papers he made his mark, for he could not read nor write. The
official wrote in his name, spelling it Davis and so it has
remained.) "You have this advantage," said Mr. Davies. "Your
president is secure in office for four years and can put his
policies through. Our prime minister has no fixed term and may
have to step out at any minute."
"Yes," I replied jokingly, "but your prime minister this time
is a Welshman."
Since then four years have passed and our president is out. But
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