| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Pellucidar by Edgar Rice Burroughs: did not notice our entrance. Perry saw the look of as-
tonishment in my eyes and smiled.
"I started teaching him the alphabet when we first
reached the prospector, and were taking out its con-
tents," be explained. "He was much mystified by the
books and anxious to know of what use they were. When
I explained he asked me to teach him to read, and so I
worked with him whenever I could. He is very in-
telligent and learns quickly. Before I left he had made
great progress, and as soon as he is qualified he is going
to teach others to read. It was mighty hard work getting
Pellucidar |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Tales of Unrest by Joseph Conrad: patches, vanished into thin flying wreaths; and the unveiled lagoon
lay, polished and black, in the heavy shadows at the foot of the wall
of trees. A white eagle rose over it with a slanting and ponderous
flight, reached the clear sunshine and appeared dazzlingly brilliant
for a moment, then soaring higher, became a dark and motionless speck
before it vanished into the blue as if it had left the earth forever.
The white man, standing gazing upwards before the doorway, heard in
the hut a confused and broken murmur of distracted words ending with a
loud groan. Suddenly Arsat stumbled out with outstretched hands,
shivered, and stood still for some time with fixed eyes. Then he
said--
Tales of Unrest |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Tanach: 1_Kings 4: 23 (5:3) ten fat oxen, and twenty oxen out of the pastures, and a hundred sheep, beside harts, and gazelles, and roebucks, and fatted fowl.
1_Kings 4: 24 (5:4) For he had dominion over all the region on this side the River, from Tiphsah even to Gaza, over all the kings on this side the River; and he had peace on all sides round about him.
1_Kings 4: 25 (5:5) And Judah and Israel dwelt safely, every man under his vine and under his fig-tree, from Dan even to Beer-sheba, all the days of Solomon.
1_Kings 4: 26 (5:6) And Solomon had forty thousand stalls of horses for his chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen.
1_Kings 4: 27 (5:7) And those officers provided victual for king Solomon, and for all that came unto king Solomon's table, every man in his month; they let nothing be lacking.
1_Kings 4: 28 (5:8) Barley also and straw for the horses and swift steeds brought they unto the place where it should be, every man according to his charge.
1_Kings 4: 29 (5:9) And God gave Solomon wisdom and understanding exceeding much, and largeness of heart, even as the sand that is on the sea-shore.
1_Kings 4: 30 (5:10) And Solomon's wisdom excelled the wisdom of all the children of the east, and all the wisdom of Egypt.
1_Kings 4: 31 (5:11) For he was wiser than all men: than Ethan the Ezrahite, and Heman, and Calcol, and Darda, the sons of Mahol; and his fame was in all the nations round about.
1_Kings 4: 32 (5:12) And he spoke three thousand proverbs; and his songs were a thousand and five.
The Tanach |
