| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Desert Gold by Zane Grey: from view. After that the two rams and their smaller followers
were plainly in sight for perhaps a quarter of an hour. Then they
disappeared behind another ridge. Gale kept watching sure they
would come out farther on. A tense period of waiting passed, then
a suddenly electrifying pressure of Yaqui's hand made Gale tremble
with excitement.
Very cautiously he shifted his position. There, not fifty feet
distant upon a high mound of lava, stood the leader of the sheep.
His size astounded Gale. He seemed all horns. But only for a
moment did the impression of horns overbalancing body remain with
Gale. The sheep was graceful, sinewy, slender, powerfully built,
Desert Gold |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Othello by William Shakespeare: Herald. It is Othello's pleasure, our Noble and Valiant
Generall. That vpon certaine tydings now arriu'd,
importing the meere perdition of the Turkish Fleete:
euery man put himselfe into Triumph. Some to daunce,
some to make Bonfires, each man, to what Sport and
Reuels his addition leads him. For besides these beneficiall
Newes, it is the Celebration of his Nuptiall. So
much was his pleasure should be proclaimed. All offices
are open, & there is full libertie of Feasting from this
present houre of fiue, till the Bell haue told eleuen.
Blesse the Isle of Cyprus, and our Noble Generall Othello.
Othello |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from On the Origin of Species by Charles Darwin: improvement and formation of new breeds. Pigeons, I may add, can be
propagated in great numbers and at a very quick rate, and inferior birds
may be freely rejected, as when killed they serve for food. On the other
hand, cats, from their nocturnal rambling habits, cannot be matched, and,
although so much valued by women and children, we hardly ever see a
distinct breed kept up; such breeds as we do sometimes see are almost
always imported from some other country, often from islands. Although I do
not doubt that some domestic animals vary less than others, yet the rarity
or absence of distinct breeds of the cat, the donkey, peacock, goose, &c.,
may be attributed in main part to selection not having been brought into
play: in cats, from the difficulty in pairing them; in donkeys, from only
On the Origin of Species |
