| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Camille by Alexandre Dumas: me stay here for a few minutes longer, long enough to dry my
eyes, so that the idlers in the street may not look upon it as a
curiosity to see a big fellow like me crying. You have made me
very happy by giving me this book. I do not know how I can ever
express my gratitude to you."
"By giving me a little of your friendship," said I, "and by
telling me the cause of your suffering. One feels better while
telling what one suffers."
"You are right. But to-day I have too much need of tears; I can
not very well talk. One day I will tell you the whole story, and
you will see if I have reason for regretting the poor girl. And
Camille |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from 1492 by Mary Johntson: could have done that had I seen it as the way.''
He agreed that Don Pedro was now the minor peril. It
is evil to chain thought! In our day we think boldly of a
number of things. But touch King or touch Church--the
cord is around your neck!''
I said that I supposed I had been rash.
He nodded. ``Yes. You were rash that day in the oak
wood. Less rash, and my bones would be lying there, under
tree.'' He rose and walked the room, then came to me and
put his unhurt arm about my shoulders. ``Don Jayme, we
swore that day comrade love and service--and that day is
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Mad King by Edgar Rice Burroughs: "The days of treason are now past, prince," replied But-
zow meaningly. "Here is not treason, but Leopold of Lutha
come to claim his crown which he inherited from his father."
"It is a plot," cried Peter, "to place an impostor upon the
throne! This man is not the king."
For a moment there was silence. The people had not taken
sides as yet. They awaited a leader. Old Von der Tann
scrutinized the American closely.
"How may we know that you are Leopold?" he asked.
"For ten years we have not seen our king."
"The governor of Blentz has already acknowledged his
The Mad King |
