| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Gods of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs: to float the tiniest craft. One of us therefore will have to
support him through the sea to the craft we select. I had hoped
that we might make the entire distance below the surface,
but I fear that the red youth could not thus perform the
trip. Even the bravest of the brave among them are terrorized
at the mere thought of deep water, for it has been ages since
their forebears saw a lake, a river or a sea."
"The red one is to accompany us?" asked Xodar.
"Yes."
"It is well. Three swords are better than two. Especially
when the third is as mighty as this fellow's. I have seen him
The Gods of Mars |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Damnation of Theron Ware by Harold Frederic: This happy and good young couple took the affections of
Tyre by storm. The Methodist Church there had at no time
held its head very high among the denominations, and for
some years back had been in a deplorably sinking state,
owing first to the secession of the Free Methodists
and then to the incumbency of a pastor who scandalized
the community by marrying a black man to a white woman.
But the Wares changed all this. Within a month the report
of Theron's charm and force in the pulpit was crowding
the church building to its utmost capacity--and that,
too, with some of Tyre's best people. Equally winning
The Damnation of Theron Ware |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Wrecker by Stevenson & Osbourne: papers.
"There!" she cried; "you see, Mr. Loudon, we were all prepared
for you; the things were bought the very day you sailed."
I imagined she had always intended me a pleasant welcome;
but the certain fervour of sincerity, which I could not help
remarking, flowed from an unexpected source. Captain Nares,
with a kindness for which I can never be sufficiently grateful,
had stolen a moment from his occupations, driven to call on
Mamie, and drawn her a generous picture of my prowess at the
wreck. She was careful not to breathe a word of this interview,
till she had led me on to tell my adventures for myself.
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