| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte: him cry, was contented, as far as regarded him. For himself, he
grew desperate: his sorrow was of that kind that will not lament.
He neither wept nor prayed; he cursed and defied: execrated God
and man, and gave himself up to reckless dissipation. The servants
could not bear his tyrannical and evil conduct long: Joseph and I
were the only two that would stay. I had not the heart to leave my
charge; and besides, you know, I had been his foster-sister, and
excused his behaviour more readily than a stranger would. Joseph
remained to hector over tenants and labourers; and because it was
his vocation to be where he had plenty of wickedness to reprove.
The master's bad ways and bad companions formed a pretty example
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Battle of the Books by Jonathan Swift: little to perform so immense a work. Say, goddess, that presidest
over history, who it was that first advanced in the field of
battle! Paracelsus, at the head of his dragoons, observing Galen
in the adverse wing, darted his javelin with a mighty force, which
the brave Ancient received upon his shield, the point breaking in
the second fold . . . HIC PAUCA
. . . . DESUNT
They bore the wounded aga on their shields to his
chariot . . .
DESUNT . . .
NONNULLA. . . .
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Young Forester by Zane Grey: nearest tree. Suddenly the coyotes became silent. Then a low, continuous
growling, a snapping of twigs, and the unmistakable drag of a heavy body
over the ground made my hair stand on end. Gripping my rifle, I listened.
I heard the crunch of teeth on bones, then more sounds of something being
dragged down the hollow. The coyotes began to bark again, but now far back
in the forest.
Some beast had frightened them. What was it? I did not know whether a bear
would eat deer flesh,, but I thought not. Perhaps timber-wolves had
disturbed the coyotes. But would they run from wolves? It came to me
suddenly--a mountain-lion!
I hugged my fire, and sat there, listening with all my ears, imagining
The Young Forester |
