| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Essays of Travel by Robert Louis Stevenson: starred; for the ship proved so leaky, and frightened them all so
heartily during a short passage through the Irish Sea, that the
entire crew deserted and remained behind upon the quays of Belfast.
Evil days were now coming thick on the Devonian. He could find no
berth in Belfast, and had to work a passage to Glasgow on a steamer.
She reached the Broomielaw on a Wednesday: the Devonian had a
bellyful that morning, laying in breakfast manfully to provide
against the future, and set off along the quays to seek employment.
But he was now not only penniless, his clothes had begun to fall in
tatters; he had begun to have the look of a street Arab; and captains
will have nothing to say to a ragamuffin; for in that trade, as in
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Song of Hiawatha by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow: They the envious Little People,
They the fairies and the pygmies,
Plotted and conspired against him.
"If this hateful Kwasind," said they,
"If this great, outrageous fellow
Goes on thus a little longer,
Tearing everything he touches,
Rending everything to pieces,
Filling all the world with wonder,
What becomes of the Puk-Wudjies?
Who will care for the Puk-Wudjies?
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Secret Adversary by Agatha Christie: "That's torn it," said Tommy at length.
"And I never suspected it," wailed Tuppence.
"Cheer up, old thing, it can't be helped."
"Can't it, though!" Tuppence's little chin shot out defiantly.
"Do you think this is the end? If so, you're wrong. It's just
the beginning!"
"The beginning of what?"
"Of our adventure! Tommy, don't you see, if they are scared
enough to run away like this, it shows that there must be a lot
in this Jane Finn business! Well, we'll get to the bottom of it.
We'll run them down! We'll be sleuths in earnest!"
Secret Adversary |
