| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Return of Tarzan by Edgar Rice Burroughs: and yellow fangs, they were far from prepossessing in appearance.
During the fight within the dark chamber, and while
they had been dragging Tarzan to the inner court, no word
had been spoken, but now several of them exchanged grunting,
monosyllabic conversation in a language unfamiliar to
the ape-man, and presently they left him lying upon the
concrete floor while they trooped off on their short legs into
another part of the temple beyond the court.
As Tarzan lay there upon his back he saw that the temple
entirely surrounded the little inclosure, and that on all sides
its lofty walls rose high above him. At the top a little patch
The Return of Tarzan |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from A Heap O' Livin' by Edgar A. Guest: I'd like to be the sort of man the flag's supposed
to mean,
The man that all in fancy see wherever it is
seen,
The chap that's ready for a fight
Whenever there's a wrong to right,
The friend in every time of need,
The doer of the daring deed,
The clean and generous handed man
That is a real American.
THE PRICE OF JOY
A Heap O' Livin' |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from An Inland Voyage by Robert Louis Stevenson: CHATEAU. And with that they invited me on board their own water
villa. They apologised for their cabin; they had not been rich
enough to make it as it ought to be.
'The fire should have been here, at this side.' explained the
husband. 'Then one might have a writing-table in the middle -
books - and' (comprehensively) 'all. It would be quite coquettish
- CA SERAIT TOUT-A-FAIT COQUET.' And he looked about him as though
the improvements were already made. It was plainly not the first
time that he had thus beautified his cabin in imagination; and when
next he makes a bit, I should expect to see the writing-table in
the middle.
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