| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Gods of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs: this terrible place where no word of my end ever could
reach my Dejah Thoris. Dying at the hands of nameless
black men in the gardens of the cruel therns.
Then my old-time spirit reasserted itself. The fighting blood
of my Virginian sires coursed hot through my veins. The
fierce blood lust and the joy of battle surged over me. The
fighting smile that has brought consternation to a thousand
foemen touched my lips. I put the thought of death out of
my mind, and fell upon my antagonists with fury that those
who escaped will remember to their dying day.
That others would press to the support of those who faced
The Gods of Mars |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Patchwork Girl of Oz by L. Frank Baum: said Scraps. "There is no one to mind the gate
and let people through, and we've no key to
the padlock."
"True," replied Ojo, going a little nearer to
peep through the bars of the gate. "What shall we
do, Shaggy Man? If we had wings we might fly over
the wall, but we cannot climb it and unless we get
to the Emerald City I won't be able to find the
things to restore Unc Nunkie to life."
"All very true," answered the Shaggy Man,
quietly; "but I know this gate, having passed
The Patchwork Girl of Oz |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Pericles by William Shakespeare: For which the people's prayers still fall upon you,
Must in your child be thought on. If neglection
Should therein make me vile, the common body,
By you relieved, would force me to my duty:
But if to that my nature need a spur,
The gods revenge it upon me and mine,
To the end of generation!
PERICLES.
I believe you;
Your honour and your goodness teach me to 't,
Without your vows. Till she be married, madam,
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