| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wilson by Mark Twain: outside disturbed him. It was carried on it yells, which showed that
the people engaged in it were not close together.
"Say, Roxy, how does yo' baby come on?" This from the distant voice.
"Fust-rate. How does _you_ come on, Jasper?" This yell was from close by.
"Oh, I's middlin'; hain't got noth'n' to complain of, I's gwine to come
a-court'n you bimeby, Roxy."
"_You_ is, you black mud cat! Yah--yah--yah! I got somep'n' better to do
den 'sociat'n' wid niggers as black as you is. Is ole Miss Cooper's Nancy
done give you de mitten?" Roxy followed this sally with another discharge
of carefree laughter.
"You's jealous, Roxy, dat's what's de matter wid you, you
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from O Pioneers! by Willa Cather: in an unsteady voice.
Lou looked at the carpet. "Oh, now, Alex-
andra, you always took it pretty easy! Of
course we wanted you to. You liked to manage
round, and we always humored you. We realize
you were a great deal of help to us. There's no
woman anywhere around that knows as much
about business as you do, and we've always
been proud of that, and thought you were
pretty smart. But, of course, the real work
O Pioneers! |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Shadow out of Time by H. P. Lovecraft: 10.20 A.M., while I was conducting a class in Political Economy
VI - history and present tendencies of economics - for juniors
and a few sophomores. I began to see strange shapes before my
eyes, and to feel that I was in a grotesque room other than the
classroom.
My thoughts and speech wandered from my subject,
and the students saw that something was gravely amiss. Then I
slumped down, unconscious, in my chair, in a stupor from which
no one could arouse me. Nor did my rightful faculties again look
out upon the daylight of our normal world for five years, four
months, and thirteen days.
Shadow out of Time |
