| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Street of Seven Stars by Mary Roberts Rinehart: the day her spirits were rising.
"Then coffee! But not there. Coffee at the coffee-house on the
corner. I say--" He hesitated.
"Yes?"
"Would you--don't you think a cup of coffee would set you up a
bit?"
"It sounds attractive,"--uncertainly.
"Coffee with whipped cream and some little cakes?"
Harmony hesitated. In the gloom of the hall she could hardly see
this brisk young American--young, she knew by his voice, tall by
his silhouette, strong by the way he had caught her. She could
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Underdogs by Mariano Azuela: Demetrio bowed assent, while Blondie, laughing, said:
"You're a wise one, War Paint. You want to sport a
general!"
Without understanding Blondie's words, Demetrio
raised his eyes to hers; they gazed at each other like two
dogs sniffing one another with distrust. Demetrio could not
resist her furiously provocative glances; he was forced to
lower his eyes.
From their seats, some of Natera's officers began to
hurl obscenities at War Paint. Without paying the slightest
attention, she said:
The Underdogs |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Memorabilia by Xenophon: the field of politics, where the beautiful and good hold empery, and
there is nought to hinder any from combining with whomsoever a man may
choose to benefit the state, it will be a clear gain, will it not, for
any one engaged in state affairs to make the best men his friends,
whereby he will find partners and co-operators in his aims instead of
rivals and antagonists? And this at least is obvious: in case of
foreign war a man will need allies, but all the more if in the ranks
opposed to him should stand the flower of the enemy.[21] Moreover,
those who are willing to fight your battles must be kindly dealt with,
that goodwill may quicken to enthusiasm; and one good man[22] is
better worth your benefiting that a dozen knaves, since a little
The Memorabilia |
