| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Within the Tides by Joseph Conrad: wretched creature Stafford pretending to have been up to something
so desperate. . . Is that how you think you can treat me now? yells
the other man all of a sudden. . .
"A sea strikes the stern, the ship trembles and groans all round
them, there's the noise of the seas about and overhead, confusing
Cloete, and he hears the other screaming as if crazy. . . Ah, you
don't believe me! Go and look at the port chain. Parted? Eh? Go
and see if it's parted. Go and find the broken link. You can't.
There's no broken link. That means a thousand pounds for me. No
less. A thousand the day after we get ashore - prompt. I won't
wait till she breaks up, Mr. Cloete. To the underwriters I go if
Within the Tides |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Tarzan of the Apes by Edgar Rice Burroughs: hindrance and a nuisance.
At last he was free. He had not realized what a prisoner he
had been.
How easy it would be to circle back to the coast, and then
make toward the south and his own jungle and cabin.
Now he caught the scent of Numa, for he was traveling up
wind. Presently his quick ears detected the familiar sound of
padded feet and the brushing of a huge, fur-clad body
through the undergrowth.
Tarzan came quietly above the unsuspecting beast and silently
stalked him until he came into a little patch of moonlight.
Tarzan of the Apes |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Little Britain by Washington Irving: strange
figures and faces; every tavern is a scene of rout and revel.
The fiddle and the song are heard from the tap-room, morning,
noon, and night; and at each window may be seen some group
of boon companions, with half-shut eyes, hats on one side, pipe
in mouth, and tankard in hand, fondling, and prosing, and
singing maudlin songs over their liquor. Even the sober
decorum of private families, which I must say is rigidly kept up
at other times among my neighbors, is no proof against this
Saturnalia. There is no such thing as keeping maid-servants
within doors. Their brains are absolutely set madding with
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