| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Spirit of the Border by Zane Grey: infamous name.
To-day White Chief, as Girty was called, awaited his men. A slight tremor of
the ground caused him to turn his gaze. The Huron chief, Half King,
resplendent in his magnificent array, had entered the teepee. He squatted in
a corner, rested the bowl of his great pipe on his knee, and smoked in
silence. The habitual frown of his black brow, like a shaded, overhanging
cliff; the fire flashing from his eyes, as a shining light is reflected from a
dark pool; his closely-shut, bulging jaw, all bespoke a nature, lofty in its
Indian pride and arrogance, but more cruel than death.
Another chief stalked into the teepee and seated himself. It was Pipe. His
countenance denoted none of the intelligence that made Wingenund's face so
The Spirit of the Border |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Snow Image by Nathaniel Hawthorne: way of looking at matters. "Do not tell me of making live figures
out of snow. Come, wife; this little stranger must not stay out
in the bleak air a moment longer. We will bring her into the
parlor; and you shall give her a supper of warm bread and milk,
and make her as comfortable as you can. Meanwhile, I will inquire
among the neighbors; or, if necessary, send the city-crier about
the streets, to give notice of a lost child."
So saying, this honest and very kind-hearted man was going toward
the little white damsel, with the best intentions in the world.
But Violet and Peony, each seizing their father by the hand,
earnestly besought him not to make her come in.
The Snow Image |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from A Start in Life by Honore de Balzac: space to allow of its being given here. The four-wheeled coach was
surmounted by a hooded "imperial," into which Pierrotin managed to
poke six passengers; this space was inclosed by leather curtains.
Pierrotin himself sat on an almost invisible seat perched just below
the sashes of the coupe.
The master of the establishment paid the tax which was levied upon all
public conveyances on his coucou only, which was rated to carry six
persons; and he took out a special permit each time that he drove the
four-wheeler. This may seem extraordinary in these days, but when the
tax on vehicles was first imposed, it was done very timidly, and such
deceptions were easily practised by the coach proprietors, always
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