| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from At the Earth's Core by Edgar Rice Burroughs: I thought that I had convinced them, and after they had
sat in silence for a long time following my examination,
I expected to be ordered returned to my quarters.
During this apparent silence they were debating through
the medium of strange, unspoken language the merits of
my tale. At last the head of the tribunal communicated
the result of their conference to the officer in charge
of the Sagoth guard.
"Come," he said to me, "you are sentenced to the
experimental pits for having dared to insult the
intelligence of the mighty ones with the ridiculous
At the Earth's Core |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Miracle Mongers and Their Methods by Harry Houdini: better, rushed forward and impulsively
dragged out the whole bunch, inflicting
such injuries upon this peculiar entertainer
as to endanger his life, and incapacitate
him for months.
In one of his acts Cliquot swallows a
real bayonet sword, weighted with a cross-
bar, and two 18-lb. dumb bells. In order
to vary this performance, the sword-swallower
allows only a part of the weapon to
pass into his body, the remainder being
Miracle Mongers and Their Methods |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Voice of the City by O. Henry: Ten minutes and the auto turned into the open
carriage entrance of a noble mansion of brown stone,
and stood still. The chauffeur leaped out, and said:
"Come quick. The lady, she will explain. It is
the great honor you will have, monsieur. Ah, that
milady could call upon Armand to do this thing!
But, no, I am only one chauffeur."
With vehement gestures the chauffeur conducted
Hopkins into the house. He was ushered into a small
but luxurious reception chamber. A lady, young, and
possessing the beauty of visions, rose from a chair.
The Voice of the City |
