| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from From London to Land's End by Daniel Defoe: in Salisbury besides the citizens.
This society has a great addition from the Close--that is to say,
the circle of ground walled in adjacent to the cathedral; in which
the families of the prebendaries and commons, and others of the
clergy belonging to the cathedral, have their houses, as is usual
in all cities, where there are cathedral churches. These are so
considerable here, and the place so large, that it is (as it is
called in general) like another city.
The cathedral is famous for the height of its spire, which is
without exception the highest and the handsomest in England, being
from the ground 410 feet, and yet the walls so exceeding thin that
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Wyoming by William MacLeod Raine: man was his.
But the unforeseen happened. Buck stepped in the hole of a
prairie dog and went down. Over his head flew the rider like a
stone from a catapult.
How long Ned Bannister lay unconscious he never knew. But when he
came to himself it was none too soon. He sat up dizzily and
passed his hand over his head. Something had happened.
What was it? Oh, yes, he had been thrown from his horse. A wave
of recollection passed over him, and his mind was clear once
more. Presently he got to his feet and moved rather uncertainly
toward Buck, for the horse was grazing quietly a few yards from
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Insidious Dr. Fu-Manchu by Sax Rohmer: "Quick! Lights!" rapped Smith. "Every lamp you have!"
Off we went, dodging laurels and privets, and poured out on to the lawn,
a disordered company. Eltham's face was deathly pale, and his jaw set hard.
He met my eye.
"God forgive me!" he said. "I could do murder to-night!"
He was a man composed of strange perplexities.
It seemed an age before the lights were found. But at last we returned
to the bushes, really after a very brief delay; and ten minutes
sufficed us to explore the entire shrubbery, for it was not extensive.
We found his revolver, but there was no one there--nothing.
When we all stood again on the lawn, I thought that I had never seen
The Insidious Dr. Fu-Manchu |
