| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Tarzan the Untamed by Edgar Rice Burroughs: behind him and he had whirled to meet the attack, his eyes
had seen the corps and regimental insignia upon the other's
blouse -- it was the same as that worn by the murderers of his
wife and his people, by the despoilers of his home and his
happiness.
It was a wild beast whose teeth fastened upon the shoulder
of the Hun -- it was a wild beast whose talons sought that fat
neck. And then the boys of the Second Rhodesian Regiment
saw that which will live forever in their memories. They saw
the giant ape-man pick the heavy German from the ground
and shake him as a terrier might shake a rat -- as Sabor, the
Tarzan the Untamed |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Just Folks by Edgar A. Guest: And pray that every family will always have him there.
For looks don't count for much on earth; it's hearts that wear the gold;
An' only that is ugly which is selfish, cruel, cold.
The family needs him, Oh, so much; more, maybe, than they know;
Folks seldom guess a man's real worth until he has to go,
But they will miss a heap of love an' tenderness the day
God beckons to their homely man, an' he must go away.
He's found in every family, it doesn't matter where
They live or be they rich or poor, the homely man is there.
You'll find him sitting quiet-like and sort of drawn apart,
As though he felt he shouldn't be where folks are fine an' smart.
Just Folks |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Pathology of Lying, Etc. by William and Mary Healy: individuals. Here, as in other matters where bodily, mental, and
social issues are blended, no prognosis or outlook can be
rationally offered without consideration of possible changes in
the circumstances peculiar to the given case. First and foremost
stands out the fact that cure of the tendency sometimes happens
even after long giving way to it. In this statement we are not
contradictory to some previous writers.
As Stemmermann says, out of the general literature there is not
much from which one can deduce any principles of prognosis. But,
again, we would insist that one of the great weaknesses has been
that earlier studies have not carefully distinguished between the
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