| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle: journey and a shorter walk brought us to Fairbank, the modest
residence of the great financier.
Fairbank was a good-sized square house of white stone, standing
back a little from the road. A double carriage-sweep, with a
snow-clad lawn, stretched down in front to two large iron gates
which closed the entrance. On the right side was a small wooden
thicket, which led into a narrow path between two neat hedges
stretching from the road to the kitchen door, and forming the
tradesmen's entrance. On the left ran a lane which led to the
stables, and was not itself within the grounds at all, being a
public, though little used, thoroughfare. Holmes left us standing
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy: "It's not time yet; I think I'm too early," he said glancing
round the empty drawing-room. When he saw that his expectations
were realized, that there was nothing to prevent him from
speaking, his face became gloomy.
"Oh, no," said Kitty, and sat down at the table.
"But this was just what I wanted, to find you alone," be began,
not sitting down, and not looking at her, so as not to lose
courage.
"Mamma will be down directly. She was very much
tired...Yesterday..."
She talked on, not knowing what her lips were uttering, and not
Anna Karenina |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Men of Iron by Howard Pyle: mightst fight the Dauphiny knight. Nay, nay, Myles Falworth, I
have not labored so hard for such a small matter as that. I have
had the King, unknown to himself, so knight thee that thou mayst
be the peer of Alban himself, and now I would have thee to hold
thine own with the Sieur de la Montaigne, to try whether thou
be'st Alban's match, and to approve thyself worthy of the honor
of thy knighthood. I am sorry, ne'theless," he added, after a
moment's pause, "that this could not have been put off for a
while longer, for my plans for bringing thee to battle with that
vile Alban are not yet ripe. But such a chance of the King coming
hither haps not often. And then I am glad of this much--that a
Men of Iron |
