| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Lone Star Ranger by Zane Grey: talk into other channels.
After getting supper Duane strolled up and down the main
street. When darkness set in he went into a hotel, bought
cigars, sat around, and watched. Then he passed out and went
into the next place. This was of rough crude exterior, but the
inside was comparatively pretentious and ablaze with lights. It
was full of men coming and going--a dusty-booted crowd that
smelled of horses and smoke. Duane sat down for a while, with
wide eyes and open ears. Then he hunted up the bar, where most
of the guests had been or were going. He found a great square
room lighted by six huge lamps, a bar at one side, and all the
The Lone Star Ranger |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Burning Daylight by Jack London: required civilization to produce this result. In the fierce,
savage game he now played, his habitual geniality imperceptibly
slipped away from him, as did his lazy Western drawl. As his
speech became sharp and nervous, so did his mental processes. In
the swift rush of the game he found less and less time to spend
on being merely good-natured. The change marked his face itself.
The lines grew sterner. Less often appeared the playful curl of
his lips, the smile in the wrinkling corners of his eyes. The
eyes themselves, black and flashing, like an Indian's, betrayed
glints of cruelty and brutal consciousness of power. His
tremendous vitality remained, and radiated from all his being,
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Ivanhoe by Walter Scott: more dangerous for travellers to meet than yonder
outlaws.''
``And who may they be, for you have neither
bears nor wolves, I trow?'' said the Knight.
``Marry, sir, but we have Malvoisin's men-at-arms,''
said Wamba; ``and let me tell you, that,
in time of civil war, a halfscore of these is worth a
band of wolves at any time. They are now expecting
their harvest, and are reinforced with the soldiers
that escaped from Torquilstone. So that,
should we meet with a band of them, we are like to
Ivanhoe |
