| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Arizona Nights by Stewart Edward White: of his neighbour; equally, many of the neighbour's steers watered
daily at Senor Johnson's troughs. It was a matter of courtesy to
permit this, but one of the reasons for the fall round-up was a
redistribution to the proper ranges. Each cattle-owner sent an
outfit to the scene of labour. The combined outfits moved slowly
from one valley to another, cutting out the strays, branding the
late calves, collecting for the owner of that particular range
all his stock, that he might select his marketable beef. In turn
each cattleman was host to his neighbours and their men.
This year it had been decided to begin the circle of the round-up
at the C 0 Bar, near the banks of the San Pedro. Thence it would
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Koran: is more disgraceful, and they shall not be helped.
And as for Thamud we guided them; but they preferred blindness to
guidance, and the thunderclap of the torment of abasement caught
them for what they had earned; but we saved those who believed and who
did fear.
And the day when the enemies of God shall be gathered. together into
the fire, marshalled along; until when they come to it, their
hearing and their eyesight and their skins shall bear witness
against them of that which they have done. And they shall say to their
skins, 'Why have ye borne witness against us?' they shall say, 'God
gave us speech who has given. speech to. everything; He created you at
The Koran |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Bureaucracy by Honore de Balzac: [Then speaking to Saillard, Godard, and Baudoyer, who were talking
together in a low voice.] "We are going to stir up the neighbors."
[Goes with Dutocq into the Rabourdin bureau. Fleury, Thuillier, and
Vimeux are there, talking excitedly.] "What's the matter, gentlemen?
All that I told you turns out to be true; you can go and see for
yourselves the work of this infamous informer; for it is in the hands
of the virtuous, honest, estimable, upright, and pious Baudoyer, who
is indeed utterly incapable of doing any such thing. Your chief has
got every one of you under the guillotine. Go and see; follow the
crowd; money returned if you are not satisfied; execution GRATIS! The
appointments are postponed. All the bureaus are in arms; Rabourdin has
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