| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Travels and Researches in South Africa by Dr. David Livingstone: formerly alight@mercury.interpath.net). To assure a high quality text,
the original was typed in (manually) twice and electronically compared.
[Note on text: Italicized words or phrases are CAPITALIZED.
Some obvious errors have been corrected.]
Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa.
Also called, Travels and Researches in South Africa;
or, Journeys and Researches in South Africa.
By David Livingstone [British (Scot) Missionary and Explorer--1813-1873.]
David Livingstone was born in Scotland, received his medical degree
from the University of Glasgow, and was sent to South Africa
by the London Missionary Society. Circumstances led him to try to meet
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell: buttoned high against the wind, stopped her.
"What is it, Ma'm?" His voice had a strange mid-Western twang but
it was polite and respectful.
"I want to see a man in there--he is a prisoner."
"Well, I don't know," said the sentry, scratching his head. "They
are mighty particular about visitors and--" He stopped and peered
into her face sharply. "Lord, lady! Don't you cry! You go over
to post headquarters and ask the officers. They'll let you see
him, I bet."
Scarlett, who had no intention of crying, beamed at him. He turned
to another sentry who was slowly pacing his beat: "Yee-ah, Bill.
Gone With the Wind |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Ivanhoe by Walter Scott: much notice of the other members of the cavalcade.
The companion of the church dignitary was a
man past forty, thin, strong, tall, and muscular; an
athletic figure, which long fatigue and constant
exercise seemed to have left none of the softer part
of the human form, having reduced the whole to
brawn, bones, and sinews, which had sustained a
thousand toils, and were ready to dare a thousand
more. His head was covered with a scarlet cap,
faced with fur---of that kind which the French call
_mortier_, from its resemblance to the shape of an
Ivanhoe |
