| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Men of Iron by Howard Pyle: youngster who had his unfriended way to make in the world.
However that might have been, Lord George was very kind and
friendly to the lad, and the willing service that Myles rendered
him reconciled him not a little to the Earl's obvious neglect.
Besides these of the more immediate family of the Earl were a
number of knights, ladies, and gentlemen, some of them cadets,
some of them retainers, of the house of Beaumont, for the
princely nobles of those days lived in state little less royal
than royalty itself.
Most of the knights and gentlemen Myles soon came to know by
sight, meeting them in Lord George's apartments in the south wing
Men of Iron |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Grimm's Fairy Tales by Brothers Grimm: 'Yes, father, right willingly, wait only until it is day. Then will I
go forth and learn how to shudder, and then I shall, at any rate,
understand one art which will support me.' 'Learn what you will,'
spoke the father, 'it is all the same to me. Here are fifty talers for
you. Take these and go into the wide world, and tell no one from
whence you come, and who is your father, for I have reason to be
ashamed of you.' 'Yes, father, it shall be as you will. If you desire
nothing more than that, I can easily keep it in mind.'
When the day dawned, therefore, the boy put his fifty talers into his
pocket, and went forth on the great highway, and continually said to
himself: 'If I could but shudder! If I could but shudder!' Then a man
Grimm's Fairy Tales |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Mountains by Stewart Edward White: the packs. There is here to be learned a certain knot.
In case of trouble you can reach from your saddle
and jerk the whole thing free by a single pull on a
loose end.
All is now ready. You take a last look around to
see that nothing has been left. One of the horsemen
starts on ahead. The pack-horses swing in behind.
We soon accustomed ours to recognize the whistling
of "Boots and Saddles" as a signal for the advance.
Another horseman brings up the rear. The day's
journey has begun.
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