| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Mountains by Stewart Edward White: staggered the horses themselves. And I, lying under
a bush where I had stayed after the others in the hope
of succoring Deuce, began idly shooting at ghostly
jack-rabbits that looked real, but through which the
revolver bullets passed without resistance.
After this day the Tenderfoot went water-crazy.
Watering the horses became almost a mania with
him. He could not bear to pass even a mud-hole
without offering the astonished Tunemah a chance to fill
up, even though that animal had drunk freely not twenty
rods back. As for himself, he embraced every opportunity;
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from McTeague by Frank Norris: be upon his life--his life and Trina's. As soon as they had
found themselves in the street, Marcus had relapsed at once
to a sullen silence, which McTeague was too abstracted to
notice.
They entered the tiny office of the hospital with its red
carpet, its gas stove, and its colored prints of famous dogs
hanging against the walls. In one corner stood the iron bed
which they were to occupy.
"You go on an' get to bed, Mac," observed Marcus. "I'll take
a look at the dogs before I turn in."
He went outside and passed along into the yard, that was
McTeague |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from A Straight Deal by Owen Wister: nations can swing the world towards world stability. My correspondent
would hardly have instanced the Boers in his reference to England's
misdeeds, had he reflected upon the part the Boers have played in
England's struggle with Germany.
I will point out no more of the latent weaknesses that underlie various
passages in this letter, but proceed to the remaining letters that I have
selected. I gave one from an enlisted man and one from a sailor; this is
from a commissioned officer, in France.
"I cannot refrain from sending you a line of appreciation and thanks for
giving the people at home a few facts that I am sure some do not know and
throwing a light upon a much discussed topic, which I am sure will help
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