| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Selected Writings of Guy De Maupassant by Guy De Maupassant: AND AN INTRODUCTION BY ROBERT ARNOT, M.A.
VOL. I {of III ??}
TABLE OF CONTENTS.[*]
VOLUME I.
1. MADEMOISELLE FIFI
2. AN AFFAIR OF STATE
3. THE ARTIST
4. THE HORLA
5. MISS HARRIET
6. THE HOLE
7. LOVE
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Virginian by Owen Wister: Touched to the quick, he said,
'I'm killed, sire!' And, his chief beside,
Smiling the boy fell dead."
"'Nay, I'm killed, sire,'" drawled the Virginian, amiably; for
(symptom of convalescence) his freakish irony was revived in him.
"Now a man who was man enough to act like he did, yu' see, would
fall dead without mentioning it."
None of Molly's sweet girl friends had ever thus challenged Mr.
Browning. They had been wont to cluster over him with a joyous
awe that deepened proportionally with their misunderstanding.
Molly paused to consider this novelty of view about the soldier.
The Virginian |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The King of the Golden River by John Ruskin: GOLDEN RIVER, AND HOW HE PROSPERED THEREIN
CHAPTER V
HOW LITTLE GLUCK SET OFF ON AN EXPEDITION TO THE
GOLDEN RIVER, AND HOW HE PROSPERED THEREIN,
WITH OTHER MATTERS OF INTEREST
THE KING OF THE GOLDEN RIVER
CHAPTER I
HOW THE AGRICULTURAL SYSTEM OF THE BLACK BROTHERS WAS
INTERFERED WITH BY SOUTHWEST WIND, ESQUIRE
In a secluded and mountainous part of Stiria there was in old
time a valley of the most surprising and luxuriant fertility. It
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