| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The United States Constitution: entered on the Journal of each House respectively. If any Bill
shall not be returned by the President within ten Days (Sundays excepted)
after it shall have been presented to him, the Same shall be a Law,
in like Manner as if he had signed it, unless the Congress by their
Adjournment prevent its Return, in which case it shall not be a Law.
Every Order, Resolution, or Vote to which the Concurrence of the Senate
and House of Representatives may be necessary (except on a question
of Adjournment) shall be presented to the President of the United States;
and before the Same shall take Effect, shall be approved by him,
or being disapproved by him, shall be repassed by two thirds of
the Senate and House of Representatives, according to the Rules
The United States Constitution |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Maggie: A Girl of the Streets by Stephen Crane: out her arms and cried, "The star-spangled banner." Instantly a
great cheer swelled from the throats of the assemblage of the
masses. There was a heavy rumble of booted feet thumping the
floor. Eyes gleamed with sudden fire, and calloused hands waved
frantically in the air.
After a few moments' rest, the orchestra played crashingly,
and a small fat man burst out upon the stage. He began to roar a
song and stamp back and forth before the foot-lights, wildly waving
a glossy silk hat and throwing leers, or smiles, broadcast. He
made his face into fantastic grimaces until he looked like a
pictured devil on a Japanese kite. The crowd laughed gleefully.
Maggie: A Girl of the Streets |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Rescue by Joseph Conrad: nervous way in which she was fumbling at her throat. He waited
discreetly till she turned round and thrust out toward him her
open palm on which he saw a thick gold ring set with a large
green stone.
"Look at this, Mr. d'Alcacer. This is the thing which I asked you
whether I should give up or conceal--the symbol of the last
hour--the call of the supreme minute. And he said it would have
made no difference! He is the most magnanimous of men and the
uttermost farthing has been paid. He has done with me. The most
magnanimous . . . but there is a grave on the sands by which I
left him sitting with no glance to spare for me. His last glance
The Rescue |
