| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Moon-Face and Other Stories by Jack London: test-holes five feet before the pans could show the gold-trace.
For that matter, the gold-trace had become something more than a trace; it was
a placer mine in itself, and the man resolved to come back after he had found
the pocket and work over the ground. But the increasing richness of the pans
began to worry him. By late afternoon the worth of the pans had grown to three
and four dollars. The man scratched his head perplexedly and looked a few feet
up the hill at the manzanita bush that marked approximately the apex of the
"V." He nodded his head and said oracularly:
"It's one o' two things, Bill; one o' two things. Either Mr. Pocket's spilled
himself all out an' down the hill, or else Mr. Pocket's that damned rich you
maybe won't be able to carry him all away with you. And that'd be hell,
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Lost Continent by Edgar Rice Burroughs: excitement. "My grandfather used to tell me stories of the
world beyond thirty. He had been a great student, and he
had read much from forbidden books."
"In which I resemble your grandfather," I said, "for I, too,
have read more even than naval officers are supposed to
read, and, as you men know, we are permitted a greater
latitude in the study of geography and history than men of
other professions.
"Among the books and papers of Admiral Porter Turck, who
lived two hundred years ago, and from whom I am descended,
many volumes still exist, and are in my possession, which
Lost Continent |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Kreutzer Sonata by Leo Tolstoy: army to fight the Viceroy of India. Having started on their
mission of conquest, they were unaware that I, following in their
wake, had wet all their powder. I also went to the Indian ruler
and showed him how I could create numberless soldiers from straw.
Simeon's army, seeing that they were surrounded by such a vast
number of Indian warriors of my creation, became frightened, and
Simeon commanded to fire from cannons and rifles, which of course
they were unable to do. The soldiers, discouraged, retreated in
great disorder. Thus Simeon brought upon himself the terrible
disgrace of defeat. His estate was confiscated, and to-morrow he
is to be executed. All that remains for me to do, therefore,"
The Kreutzer Sonata |
