| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Roads of Destiny by O. Henry: as a blowout in Cincinnat."
Whistling Dick folded the stocking carefully, and stuffed it into his
pocket.
It was nearly two hours later when he came upon signs of habitation.
The buildings of an extensive plantation were brought into view by a
turn in the road. He easily selected the planter's residence in a
large square building with two wings, with numerous good-sized, well-
lighted windows, and broad verandas running around its full extent. it
was set upon a smooth lawn, which was faintly lit by the far-reaching
rays of the lamps within. A noble grove surrounded it, and old-
fashioned shrubbery grew thickly about the walks and fences. The
|
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Anabasis by Xenophon: take the throne from Artaxerxes, and the ensuing
return of the Greeks, in which Xenophon played a
leading role. This occurred between 401 B.C. and
March 399 B.C.
PREPARER'S NOTE
This was typed from Dakyns' series, "The Works of Xenophon," a
four-volume set. The complete list of Xenophon's works (though
there is doubt about some of these) is:
Work Number of books
The Anabasis 7
The Hellenica 7
Anabasis |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell: under suspicion, Captain Jaffery smiled sourly.
"These damned Rebels are as efficiently organized as our Secret
Service," he said. "You and your girls will have to appear before
the provost marshal tomorrow."
"Will the provost make them pay for my mirrors?"
"To hell with your mirrors! Make Rhett Butler pay for them. He
owns the place, doesn't he?"
Before dawn, every ex-Confederate family in town knew everything.
And their negroes, who had been told nothing, knew everything too,
by that black grapevine telegraph system which defies white
understanding. Everyone knew the details of the raid, the killing
Gone With the Wind |
