| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Collected Articles by Frederick Douglass: which swelled my heart as I clasped this money, realizing that I had no
master who could take it from me,--THAT IT WAS MINE--THAT MY HANDS WERE MY OWN,
and could earn more of the precious coin,--one must have been in some sense
himself a slave. My next job was stowing a sloop at Uncle Gid. Howland's
wharf with a cargo of oil for New York. I was not only a freeman,
but a free working-man, and no "master" stood ready at the end of the week
to seize my hard earnings.
The season was growing late and work was plenty. Ships were being
fitted out for whaling, and much wood was used in storing them.
The sawing this wood was considered a good job. With the help
of old Friend Johnson (blessings on his memory) I got a saw and "buck,"
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from A Horse's Tale by Mark Twain: gossip, and picks up all the tittle-tattle. Being the whole
Seventh Cavalry's reptile, he doesn't belong to anybody in
particular, and hasn't any military duties; so he comes and goes as
he pleases, and is popular with all the house cats and other
authentic sources of private information. He understands all the
languages, and talks them all, too. With an accent like gritting
your teeth, it is true, and with a grammar that is no improvement
on blasphemy - still, with practice you get at the meat of what he
says, and it serves. . . Hark! That's the reveille. . . .
[THE REVEILLE]
"Faint and far, but isn't it clear, isn't it sweet? There's no
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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: "One might think that you were the king from the manner
with which you upbraid and reproach me. I tell you, Prince
von der Tann, that I shall stand it no longer."
The king approached the desk and pounded heavily upon
its polished surface with his fist. The physical act of vio-
lence imparted to him a certain substitute for the moral
courage which he lacked.
"I will tell you, sir, that I am king. It was not necessary
that I consult you or any other man before pardoning Prince
Peter and his associates. I have investigated the matter
thoroughly and I am convinced that they have been taught
The Mad King |
