| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Pellucidar by Edgar Rice Burroughs: is attempting to restrain him from overtaking his prey,
and so he pays no attention to this enemy, who, of
course, does not retard the mighty charge in the least.
Once in the gait of the plunging bull, it was but
a slight matter to vault to his back, as cavalrymen
mount their chargers upon the run. Juag was still run-
ning in plain sight ahead of the bull. His speed was
but a trifle less than that of the monster that pursued
him. These Pellucidarians are almost as fleet as deer;
because I am not is one reason that I am always chosen
for the close-in work of the thag-hunt. I could not keep
Pellucidar |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from A Personal Record by Joseph Conrad: likely, the only writer that neat lady had ever caught in the
exercise of his craft, and it distressed me not to be able to
remember when it was that I dressed myself last, and how. No
doubt that would be all right in essentials. The fortune of the
house included a pair of gray-blue watchful eyes that would see
to that. But I felt, somehow, as grimy as a Costaguana lepero
after a day's fighting in the streets, rumpled all over and
dishevelled down to my very heels. And I am afraid I blinked
stupidly. All this was bad for the honour of letters and the
dignity of their service. Seen indistinctly through the dust of
my collapsed universe, the good lady glanced about the room with
A Personal Record |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Caesar's Commentaries in Latin by Julius Caesar: praemiis pollicitationibusque persuadet uti ad hostes transeat, et quid
fieri velit edocet. Qui ubi pro perfuga ad eos venit, timorem Romanorum
proponit, quibus angustiis ipse Caesar a Venetis prematur docet, eque
longius abesse quin proxima nocte Sabinus clam ex castris exercitum educat
et ad Caesarem auxilii ferendi causa proficiscatur. Quod ubi auditum est,
conclamant omnes occasionem negotii bene gerendi amittendam non esse: ad
castra iri oportere. Multae res ad hoc consilium Gallos hortabantur:
superiorum dierum Sabini cunctatio, perfugae confirmatio, inopia
cibariorum, cui rei paum diligenter ab iis erat provisum, spes Venetici
belli, et quod fere libenter. homines id quod volunt credunt. His rebus
adducti non prius Viridovicem reliquosque duces ex concilio dimittunt quam
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