| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Lord Arthur Savile's Crime, etc. by Oscar Wilde: of much importance. He never said a brilliant or even an ill-
natured thing in his life. But then he was wonderfully good-
looking, with his crisp brown hair, his clear-cut profile, and his
grey eyes. He was as popular with men as he was with women and he
had every accomplishment except that of making money. His father
had bequeathed him his cavalry sword and a HISTORY OF THE
PENINSULAR WAR in fifteen volumes. Hughie hung the first over his
looking-glass, put the second on a shelf between RUFF'S GUIDE and
BAILEY'S MAGAZINE, and lived on two hundred a year that an old aunt
allowed him. He had tried everything. He had gone on the Stock
Exchange for six months; but what was a butterfly to do among bulls
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Lost Princess of Oz by L. Frank Baum: as a bird does."
The gray dove had listened carefully to this speech and seemed to find
comfort in it, for it hushed its moaning. And just then the Tin
Woodman discovered Cayke's dishpan, which was on the ground quite near
to him. "Here is a rather pretty utensil," he said, taking it in his
tin hand to examine it, "but I would not care to own it. Whoever
fashioned it of gold and covered it with diamonds did not add to its
usefulness, nor do I consider it as beautiful as the bright dishpans
of tin one usually sees. No yellow color is ever so handsome as the
silver sheen of tin," and he turned to look at his tin legs and body
with approval.
The Lost Princess of Oz |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Hunting of the Snark by Lewis Carroll: And they knew that some danger was near:
The Beaver turned pale to the tip of its tail,
And even the Butcher felt queer.
He thought of his childhood, left far far behind--
That blissful and innocent state--
The sound so exactly recalled to his mind
A pencil that squeaks on a slate!
"'Tis the voice of the Jubjub!" he suddenly cried.
(This man, that they used to call "Dunce.")
"As the Bellman would tell you," he added with pride,
"I have uttered that sentiment once.
The Hunting of the Snark |
