| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The White Moll by Frank L. Packard: at variance. Of course they were at variance, must of necessity
be so; but in the personality of this man the incongruity seemed
somehow lost. Perhaps it was a sense of gratitude toward him that
modified her views. He looked a gentleman. There was something
about him that appealed. The gray eyes seemed full of cool,
confident, self-possession; and, quiet as his manner was, she
sensed a latent dynamic something lurking near the surface all the
time - that she was conscious she would much prefer to have enlisted
on her behalf than against her. The strong, firm chin bore this out.
He was not handsome, but - with a sort of mental jerk, she forced
her mind back to the stark realities of her surroundings. She could
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Exiles by Honore de Balzac: him to the platform of his professor's chair, and there gave him his
stool to sit upon. The assembly hailed this mark of deference with a
murmur of approval, recognizing the old man as the orator of a fine
thesis admirably argued not long since at the Sorbonne.
The stranger looked down from his raised position on the crowd below
with that deep glance that held a whole poem of sorrow, and those who
met his eye felt an indescribable thrill. The lad, following the old
man, sat down on one of the steps, leaning against the pulpit in a
graceful and melancholy attitude. The silence was now profound, and
the doorway and even the street were blocked by scholars who had
deserted the other classes.
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Richard III by William Shakespeare: STANLEY. They have not been commanded, mighty King.
Pleaseth your Majesty to give me leave,
I'll muster up my friends and meet your Grace
Where and what time your Majesty shall please.
KING RICHARD. Ay, ay, thou wouldst be gone to join with
Richmond;
But I'll not trust thee.
STANLEY. Most mighty sovereign,
You have no cause to hold my friendship doubtful.
I never was nor never will be false.
KING RICHARD. Go, then, and muster men. But leave behind
Richard III |
