| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Wrong Box by Stevenson & Osbourne: possible to understand unless you saw them.'
'That is a painful circumstance,' said Gideon; he glanced
pityingly in the direction of the culprit, and, observing on his
countenance every mark of confusion, pityingly withdrew his eyes.
'And that would be nothing,' continued Mr Dickson sternly, 'but I
wish--I wish from my heart, sir, I could say that Mr Thomas's
hands were clean. He has no excuse; for he was engaged at the
time--and is still engaged--to the belle of Constantinople, Ga.
My friend's conduct was unworthy of the brutes that perish.'
'Ga.?' repeated Gideon enquiringly.
'A contraction in current use,' said Michael. 'Ga. for Georgia,
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Lost Continent by Edgar Rice Burroughs: girl.
I fought as best I could for my liberty and for hers, but
the weight of numbers was too great, though I had the
satisfaction at least of giving them a good fight.
When they had overpowered me, and I stood, my hands bound
behind me, at the girl's side, she gazed commiseratingly at
me.
"It is too bad that you did not do as I bid you," she said,
"for now it has happened just as I feared--Buckingham has
you."
"Which is Buckingham?" I asked.
Lost Continent |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Flame and Shadow by Sara Teasdale: Song Making
Alone
Red Maples
Debtor
The Wind in the Hemlock
Flame and Shadow
I
Blue Squills
How many million Aprils came
Before I ever knew
How white a cherry bough could be,
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