| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Pellucidar by Edgar Rice Burroughs: distance away devouring shellfish, of which, by the way,
I was becoming exceedingly tired.
Presently, the hyaenodon arose and came toward
me. I did not move. He stopped in front of me and
deliberately raised his bandaged leg and pawed my
knee. His act was as intelligible as words--he wished
the bandage removed.
I took the great paw in one hand and with the other
hand untied and unwound the bandage, removed the
splints and felt of the injured member. As far as I could
judge the bone was completely knit. The joint was stiff;
Pellucidar |
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: impassioned words made a final appeal to the Women, exclaiming that,
if the Colour Bill passed, no marriage would henceforth be safe,
no woman's honour secure; fraud, deception, hypocrisy would pervade
every household; domestic bliss would share the fate
of the Constitution and pass to speedy perdition. "Sooner than this,"
he cried, "Come death."
At these words, which were the preconcerted signal for action,
the Isosceles Convicts fell on and transfixed the wretched
Chromatistes; the Regular Classes, opening their ranks,
made way for a band of Women who, under direction of the Circles,
moved, back foremost, invisibly and unerringly upon
Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from New Poems by Robert Louis Stevenson: The uncertain poise of merchant weal,
Heaven of famine, fire and steel
When nations fall;
These, heedful, from afar I feel -
I mark them all.
But not, my friend, not these I sing,
My voice shall fill a narrower ring.
Tired souls, that flag upon the wing,
I seek to cheer:
Brave wines to strengthen hope I bring,
Life's cantineer!
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