| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Return of Tarzan by Edgar Rice Burroughs: taken some of the great store of ivory the village contained,
solely for the purpose of still further augmenting the wrath
of his enemies; but he knew that that was not necessary for
its salvation, since he already had a plan mapped out which
would effectually prevent the Arabs leaving the country with
a single tusk. And it would have been cruel to have needlessly
burdened these poor, overwrought women with the extra
weight of the heavy ivory.
It was after midnight when Tarzan, with his slow-moving
caravan, approached the spot where the elephants lay.
Long before they reached it they had been guided by the
The Return of Tarzan |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Damnation of Theron Ware by Harold Frederic: again with the whimsical half-smile. "I am increasing his
dose monthly by regular stages, and the results promise
to be rather remarkable. Heretofore, observations have been
made mostly on diseased or morbidly deteriorated subjects.
This fellow of mine is strong as an ox, perfectly nourished,
and watched over intelligently. He can assimilate opium
enough to kill you and me and every other vertebrate
creature on the premises, without turning a hair, and he
hasn't got even fairly under way yet."
The thing was unpleasant, and the young minister turned away.
They walked together up the path toward the house.
The Damnation of Theron Ware |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Underdogs by Mariano Azuela: houses.
"Here, gentlemen; there's the Plaza beyond the church.
Just walk a bit further and there's the barracks."
He knelt down, then, imploring them to let him go, but
Pancracio, without pausing to reply, struck him across
the chest with his rifle and ordered him to proceed.
"How many soldiers are there?" Luis Cervantes asked.
"I don't want to lie to you, boss, but to tell you the
truth, yes, sir, to tell you God's truth, there's a lot of
them, a whole lot of 'em."
Luis Cervantes turned around to stare at Demetrio,
The Underdogs |
