| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Redheaded Outfield by Zane Grey: an' dreamin' of Thee, Sweet-h-e-a-r-t----''
Spears was singing when he got so far and
there was no telling what he might have done if
Mullaney, unable to stand the agony, had not
jabbed a pin in him. But that only made way for
the efforts of the other boys, each of whom tried
to outdo the other in poking fun at the Rube and
Nan. The big pitcher was too gloriously happy
to note much of what went on around him, but
when it dawned upon him he grew red and white
by turns.
The Redheaded Outfield |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Nana, Miller's Daughter, Captain Burle, Death of Olivier Becaille by Emile Zola: lovers stolen or restored. Meanwhile a young man near Georges,
having evinced a desire to kiss Lea de Horn, received a sharp rap,
accompanied by a "Look here, you, let me go!" which was spoken in a
tone of fine indignation; and Georges, who was now very tipsy and
greatly excited by the sight of Nana, hesitated about carrying out a
project which he had been gravely maturing. He had been planning,
indeed, to get under the table on all fours and to go and crouch at
Nana's feet like a little dog. Nobody would have seen him, and he
would have stayed there in the quietest way. But when at Lea's
urgent request Daguenet had told the young man to sit still, Georges
all at once felt grievously chagrined, as though the reproof had
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Koran: piety of heart.
'Therein have ye advantages for an appointed time, then the place
for sacrificing them is at the old House.'
To every nation have we appointed rites, to mention the name of
God over what He has provided them with of brute beasts; and your
God is one God, to Him then be resigned, and give glad tidings to
the lowly, whose hearts when God is mentioned are afraid, and to those
who are patient of what befalls them, and to those who are steadfast
in prayer and of what we have given them expend in alms.
The bulky (camels) we have made for you one of the symbols of God,
therein have ye good; so mention the name of God over them as they
The Koran |
