| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Tarzan the Untamed by Edgar Rice Burroughs: "It would prove an instinct of self-destruction," said Tarzan.
"There are at least three hunting lions out there watching us.
If we had a fire or the moon were up you would see their eyes
plainly. Presently they may come after us but the chances are
that they will not. If you are very anxious that they should,
fire your pistol and hit one of them."
"What if they do charge?" asked the girl; "there is no means
of escape."
"Why, we should have to fight them," replied Tarzan.
"What chance would we three have against them?" asked
the girl.
Tarzan the Untamed |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions by Edwin A. Abbot: Obviously then a Woman is not to be irritated as long as she is in
a position where she can turn round. When you have them
in their apartments -- which are constructed with a view
to denying them that power -- you can say and do what you like;
for they are then wholly impotent for mischief, and will not remember
a few minutes hence the incident for which they may be at this moment
threatening you with death, nor the promises which you may have
found it necessary to make in order to pacify their fury.
On the whole we get on pretty smoothly in our domestic relations,
except in the lower strata of the Military Classes. There the want
of tact and discretion on the part of the husbands produces at times
Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Eugenie Grandet by Honore de Balzac: "Oh! father!--"
He kissed her effusively, and pressed her in his arms till he almost
choked her.
"Go, my good child, you restore your father's life; but you only
return to him that which he gave you: we are quits. This is how
business should be done. Life is a business. I bless you! you are a
virtuous girl, and you love your father. Do just what you like in
future. To-morrow, Cruchot," he added, looking at the horrified
notary, "you will see about preparing the deed of relinquishment, and
then enter it on the records of the court."
The next morning Eugenie signed the papers by which she herself
Eugenie Grandet |
