| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Walking by Henry David Thoreau: And herein, perchance, they have stolen a march on the cooks of
Paris. They get what usually goes to feed the fire. This is
probably better than stall-fed beef and slaughterhouse pork to
make a man of. Give me a wildness whose glance no civilization
can endure--as if we lived on the marrow of koodoos devoured raw.
There are some intervals which border the strain of the wood
thrush, to which I would migrate--wild lands where no settler has
squatted; to which, methinks, I am already acclimated.
The African hunter Cumming tells us that the skin of the eland,
as well as that of most other antelopes just killed, emits the
most delicious perfume of trees and grass. I would have every man
Walking |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from War and the Future by H. G. Wells: There is little doubt that, given a release from prejudice, bad
associations and the equestrian tradition, British technical
intelligence and energy can do just as well as the French. Our
problem with our army is not to create intelligence, there is an
abundance of it, but to release it from a dreary social and
official pressure. The air service ransacks the army for men
with technical training and sees that it gets them, there is a
real keenness upon the work, and the men in these great mobile
hangars talk shop readily and clearly.
I have already mentioned and the newspapers have told abundantly
of the pluck, daring, and admirable work of our aviators; what is
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Wrong Box by Stevenson & Osbourne: was sharp, his nerve was shaken, and after an abortive trial he
found he must desist from further operations.
In a moment Julia was off to the pantry; in a moment she was back
again with a basin of water and a sponge, and had begun to bathe
his wounded hand.
'I am dreadfully sorry!' said Gideon apologetically. 'If I had
had any manners I should have opened the box first and smashed my
hand afterward. It feels much better,' he added. 'I assure you it
does.'
'And now I think you are well enough to direct operations,' said
she. 'Tell me what to do, and I'll be your workman.'
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