| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Warlord of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs:
With a wry face I turned to Thuvan Dihn. My companion but shook
his head disconsolately and walked to one of the windows upon
the far side of the apartment.
Scarcely had he gazed beyond them than he called to me in a
tone of suppressed excitement and surprise. In an instant I
was by his side.
"Look!" said Thuvan Dihn, pointing toward the courtyard below.
The Warlord of Mars |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from In the South Seas by Robert Louis Stevenson: would have thought he had nothing in him but that of which indeed
he had too much - facile good-nature.
It chances that the only rivals of Monseigneur and his mission in
the Marquesas were certain of these brown-skinned evangelists,
natives from Hawaii. I know not what they thought of Father
Dordillon: they are the only class I did not question; but I
suspect the prelate to have regarded them askance, for he was
eminently human. During my stay at Tai-o-hae, the time of the
yearly holiday came round at the girls' school; and a whole fleet
of whale-boats came from Ua-pu to take the daughters of that island
home. On board of these was Kauwealoha, one of the pastors, a
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Dracula by Bram Stoker: after a fog closed in on us I felt a wee bit as they did
anent something, though I wouldn't say it was again the big box.
Well, on we went, and as the fog didn't let up for five
days I joost let the wind carry us, for if the Deil wanted
to get somewheres, well, he would fetch it up a'reet. An'
if he didn't, well, we'd keep a sharp lookout anyhow.
Sure eneuch, we had a fair way and deep water all the time.
And two days ago, when the mornin' sun came through the fog,
we found ourselves just in the river opposite Galatz.
The Roumanians were wild, and wanted me right or wrong to take
out the box and fling it in the river. I had to argy wi'
Dracula |
