| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Talisman by Walter Scott: from the direct path to Jerusalem, which their swords have
opened. I vainly thought that my small services might have
outweighed my rash errors--that if it were remembered that I
pressed to the van in an assault, it would not be forgotten that
I was ever the last in the retreat--that, if I elevated my banner
upon conquered fields of battle, it was all the advantage that I
sought, while others were dividing the spoil. I may have called
the conquered city by my name, but it was to others that I
yielded the dominion. If I have been headstrong in urging bold
counsels, I have not, methinks, spared my own blood or my
people's in carrying them into as bold execution; or if I have,
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Dust by Mr. And Mrs. Haldeman-Julius: "All right," he said calmly. "You can do all the buying for the
house. Write a check with my name and sign your own initials. Get
what you think we need. But there isn't going to be any
fireplace. You can just set that down."
Voice, eyes, the line of his chin, all told Rose that he would
not yield. Nothing could be gained from a quarrel except deeper
ill feeling. With a supreme effort of will she obeyed the
dictates of common sense and ended the argument abruptly.
But, for months after she was settled in the new little house,
her eye never fell on the space where the fireplace should have
been without a bitter feeling of revolt sweeping over her. She
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Betty Zane by Zane Grey: the woods. Howsomever, mother and Susan says as it's gettin' late it's about
time we had some supper. Somewhere in the big cake is hid a gold ring. If one
of the girls gets it she can keep it as a gift from Susan, and should one of
the boys find it he may make a present to his best girl. And in the bargain he
gets to kiss Susan. She made some objection about this and said that part of
the game didn't go, but I reckon the lucky young man will decide that for
hisself. And now to the festal board."
Ample justice was done to the turkey, the venison, and the bear meat.
Grandmother Watkins' delicious apple and pumpkin pies for which she was
renowned, disappeared as by magic. Likewise the cakes and the sweet cider and
the apple butter vanished.
Betty Zane |
