| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Octopus by Frank Norris: one of the empty stalls, where she remained the rest of the
evening, her head low, her pasterns quivering, turning her head
apprehensively from time to time, showing the white of one eye
and at long intervals heaving a single prolonged sigh.
And an hour later the dance was progressing as evenly as though
nothing in the least extraordinary had occurred. The incident
was closed--that abrupt swoop of terror and impending death
dropping down there from out the darkness, cutting abruptly
athwart the gayety of the moment, come and gone with the
swiftness of a thunderclap. Many of the women had gone home,
taking their men with them; but the great bulk of the crowd still
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Men of Iron by Howard Pyle: spare hour or two; sometimes to idle over a favorite book;
sometimes to play a game of chess with a favorite courtier. The
cold painted walls had been hung with tapestry, and its floor had
been spread with arras carpet. These and the cushioned couches
and chairs that stood around gave its gloomy antiquity an air of
comfort--an air even of luxury.
It was to this favorite retreat of the King's that Myles was
brought that morning with his father to face the great Earl of
Alban.
In the anteroom the little party of Princes and nobles who
escorted the father and son had held a brief consultation. Then
Men of Iron |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from War and the Future by H. G. Wells: made in Venetia since Napoleon drove his straight, poplar-
bordered highways through the land. M. Joseph Reinach, who was
my companion upon the French front, was equally impressed by the
stirring up and exchange of ideas in the villages due to the
movement of the war. Charles Lamb's story of the discovery of
roast pork comes into one's head with an effect of repartee.
More than ideas are exchanged in the war zone, and it is doubtful
how far the sanitary precautions of the military authorities
avails against a considerable propaganda of disease. A more
serious argument for the good of war is that it evokes heroic
qualities that it has brought out almost incredible quantities of
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