| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Warlord of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs: the three beautiful women were imprisoned.
Much there had been to occupy my attention since that terrible moment;
but never for an instant had the memory of the thing faded,
and all the time that I could spare from the numerous duties that
had devolved upon me in the reconstruction of the government of the
First Born since our victorious fleet and land forces had
overwhelmed them, had been spent close to the grim shaft that held
the mother of my boy, Carthoris of Helium.
The race of blacks that for ages had worshiped Issus, the
The Warlord of Mars |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Lone Star Ranger by Zane Grey: an' he went after Kate again, tryin' to wear her down. Jest as
likely he might have went after Jennie, with wuss intentions.
Anyway, he an' Kate must have had it hot an' heavy. We're
pretty lucky."
"It seems so. Well, I'm going," said Duane, tersely.
"Lucky! I should smiler Bland's been up all night after a most
draggin' ride home. He'll be fagged out this mornin', sleepy,
sore, an' he won't be expectin' hell before breakfast. Now, you
walk over to his house. Meet him how you like. Thet's your
game. But I'm suggestin', if he comes out an' you want to
parley, you can jest say you'd thought over his proposition an'
The Lone Star Ranger |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Polly of the Circus by Margaret Mayo: you."
"You've been working a long time on that."
"I thought I might help you if I learned everything you told me,"
she answered, timidly. "But I don't suppose I could."
"I can never tell you how much you help me, Polly."
"Do I?" she cried, eagerly.
"I can help more if you will only let me. I can teach a bigger
class in Sunday-school now. I got to the book of Ruth to-day."
"You did?" He pretended to be astonished. He was anxious to
encourage her enthusiasm.
"Um hum!" She answered solemnly. A dreamy look came into her
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