| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Youth by Joseph Conrad: crashed aboard and swept clean over us. As soon as I
got my breath I shouted, as in duty bound, 'Keep on,
boys!' when suddenly I felt something hard floating on
deck strike the calf of my leg. I made a grab at it and
missed. It was so dark we could not see each other's
faces within a foot--you understand.
"After that thump the ship kept quiet for a while,
and the thing, whatever it was, struck my leg again.
This time I caught it--and it was a sauce-pan. At first,
being stupid with fatigue and thinking of nothing but
the pumps, I did not understand what I had in my hand.
Youth |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Pool in the Desert by Sara Jeanette Duncan: 'Ah, body and soul,' Dora rejoined, and it must have been something
like that. I could imagine how she did it; with what wiles of
simplicity and candid good-fellowship she had drawn him to
forgetfulness and response, and how presently his enthusiasm leaped
up to answer hers and they had been caught altogether out of the
plane of common relations, and he had gone away on that disgraceful
bazaar pony with a ratified arrangement to return next day which had
been almost taken for granted from the beginning.
I confess, though I had helped to bring it about, the situation
didn't altogether please me. I did not dream of foolish dangers,
but it seemed to take a little too much for granted; I found myself
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Blix by Frank Norris: subject happened to be brought up again one noon when Jack Carter
was in the club as George Hands' guest. Hands, Carter, and Eckert
were at one of the windows over their after-dinner cigars and
liqueurs.
"I say," said Eckert suddenly, "who's that girl across the street
there--the one in black, just going by that furrier's sign? I've
seen her somewhere before. Know who it is?"
"That's Miss Bessemer, isn't it?" said George Hands, leaning
forward. "Rather a stunning-looking girl."
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