| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Marie by H. Rider Haggard: VIII. THE CAMP OF DEATH
IX. THE PROMISE
X. VROUW PRINSLOO SPEAKS HER MIND
XI. THE SHOT IN THE KLOOF
XII. DINGAAN'S BET
XIII. THE REHEARSAL
XIV. THE PLAY
XV. RETIEF ASKS A FAVOUR
XVI. THE COUNCIL
XVII. THE MARRIAGE
XVIII. THE TREATY
Marie |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from At the Earth's Core by Edgar Rice Burroughs: that fringe the outer edge of the pool. In the center
of one side the largest rock was reserved for the queen,
and here she took her place surrounded by her terrible guard.
All lay quiet for several minutes after settling
to their places. One might have imagined them in
silent prayer. The poor slaves upon the diminutive
islands watched the horrid creatures with wide eyes.
The men, for the most part, stood erect and stately
with folded arms, awaiting their doom; but the women and
children clung to one another, hiding behind the males.
They are a noble-looking race, these cave men of Pellucidar,
At the Earth's Core |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from A Sentimental Journey by Laurence Sterne: distress, I hate the man who can be a churl of them.
- Now was I the master of this hotel, said I, laying the point of
my fore-finger on Mons. Dessein's breast, I would inevitably make a
point of getting rid of this unfortunate DESOBLIGEANT; - it stands
swinging reproaches at you every time you pass by it.
MON DIEU! said Mons. Dessein, - I have no interest - Except the
interest, said I, which men of a certain turn of mind take, Mons.
Dessein, in their own sensations, - I'm persuaded, to a man who
feels for others as well as for himself, every rainy night,
disguise it as you will, must cast a damp upon your spirits: - You
suffer, Mons. Dessein, as much as the machine -
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