| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell: But he did not look crazy. He looked as calm as though he were
discussing the weather, and his smooth drawl fell on her ears with
no particular emphasis.
"I always intended having you, Scarlett, since that first day I saw
you at Twelve Oaks when you threw that vase and swore and proved
that you weren't a lady. I always intended having you, one way or
another. But as you and Frank have made a little money, I know
you'll never be driven to me again with any interesting propositions
of loans and collaterals. So I see I'll have to marry you."
"Rhett Butler, is this one of your vile jokes?"
"I bare my soul and you are suspicious! No, Scarlett, this is a
Gone With the Wind |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Inaugural Address by John F. Kennedy: the arts and commerce. Let both sides unite to heed in all corners
of the earth the command of Isaiah. . .to "undo the heavy burdens. . .
let the oppressed go free."
And if a beachhead of co-operation may push back the jungle of suspicion. . .
let both sides join in creating not a new balance of power. . .
but a new world of law. . .where the strong are just. . .
and the weak secure. . .and the peace preserved. . . .
All this will not be finished in the first one hundred days.
Nor will it be finished in the first one thousand days. . .
nor in the life of this administration, nor even perhaps
in our lifetime on this planet. But let us begin.
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Pellucidar by Edgar Rice Burroughs: no south, no stars, no moon, and only a stationary mid-
day sun, how was I to find my way back to this spot
should ever I get out of sight of it?
I didn't know.
For a long time I stood buried in deep thought, when
it occurred to me to try out one of the compasses I
had brought and ascertain if it remained steadily fixed
upon an unvarying pole. I reentered the prospector
and fetched a compass without.
Moving a considerable distance from the prospector
that the needle might not be influenced by its great
Pellucidar |
