| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from In Darkest England and The Way Out by General William Booth: Here would be a Baby Farm carried on with the most favourable
surroundings.
SECTION 9.--INDUSTRIAL SCHOOLS.
I also propose, at the earliest opportunity, to give the subject of the
industrial training of boys a fair trial; and, if successful, follow it
on with a similar one for girls. I am nearly satisfied in my own mind
that the children of the streets taken, say at eight years of age,
and kept till, say twenty-one, would, by judicious management and the
utilisation of their strength and capacity, amply supply all their own
wants, and would, I think, be likely to turn out thoroughly good and
capable members of the community.
In Darkest England and The Way Out |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Frankenstein by Mary Shelley: Satan had his companions, fellow devils, to admire and encourage him,
but I am solitary and abhorred.'
"These were the reflections of my hours of despondency and solitude;
but when I contemplated the virtues of the cottagers, their amiable
and benevolent dispositions, I persuaded myself that when they
should become acquainted with my admiration of their virtues
they would compassionate me and overlook my personal deformity.
Could they turn from their door one, however monstrous,
who solicited their compassion and friendship? I resolved,
at least, not to despair, but in every way to fit myself for an
interview with them which would decide my fate. I postponed this
Frankenstein |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Return of Tarzan by Edgar Rice Burroughs: hut, only to emerge a moment later with an empty tin.
Throwing it down to Busuli, he told him to fetch water, and
then he beckoned Jane Porter to come up.
Together they leaned over the emaciated thing that once
had been an English nobleman. Tears came to the girl's eyes
as she saw the poor, sunken cheeks and hollow eyes, and the
lines of suffering upon the once young and handsome face.
"He still lives," said Tarzan. "We will do all that can be
done for him, but I fear that we are too late."
When Busuli had brought the water Tarzan forced a few
drops between the cracked and swollen lips. He wetted the
The Return of Tarzan |
