| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Lone Star Ranger by Zane Grey: nuthin' to kill a man. I don't need much fer thet. But I want
to KNOW, you hussy!'
"Then he went in an' dragged poor Jen out. She'd had time to
dress. He was so mad he hurt her sore leg. You know Jen got
thet injury fightin' off one of them devils in the dark. An'
when I seen Bland twist her--hurt her--I had a queer hot
feelin' deep down in me, an' fer the only time in my life I
wished I was a gun-fighter.
"Wal, Jen amazed me. She was whiter'n a sheet, an' her eyes
were big and stary, but she had nerve. Fust time I ever seen
her show any.
The Lone Star Ranger |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Mosses From An Old Manse by Nathaniel Hawthorne: spotted fame, wretches given over to all mean and filthy vice,
and suspected even of horrid crimes. It was strange to see that
the good shrank not from the wicked, nor were the sinners abashed
by the saints. Scattered also among their pale-faced enemies were
the Indian priests, or powwows, who had often scared their native
forest with more hideous incantations than any known to English
witchcraft.
"But where is Faith?" thought Goodman Brown; and, as hope came
into his heart, he trembled.
Another verse of the hymn arose, a slow and mournful strain, such
as the pious love, but joined to words which expressed all that
Mosses From An Old Manse |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Black Tulip by Alexandre Dumas: William watched all his movements with evident interest and
curiosity.
"Then you don't know this young girl?" said the Prince.
"No, your Highness!"
"And you, child, do you know Master Boxtel?"
"No, I don't know Master Boxtel, but I know Master Jacob."
"What do you mean?"
"I mean to say that at Loewestein the man who here calls
himself Isaac Boxtel went by the name of Master Jacob."
"What do you say to that, Master Boxtel?"
"I say that this damsel lies, your Highness."
The Black Tulip |
