| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Master of the World by Jules Verne: The captain studied them attentively. Then shrugging his shoulders,
he seated himself at the stern without altering the course of the
"Terror."
A quarter of an hour later, I could see plainly that there were two
smoke clouds at the point they had studied so carefully. Little by
little the black spots beneath these became more defined. They were
two long, low steamers, which, coming from the port of Buffalo, were
approaching rapidly.
Suddenly it struck me that these were the two torpedo destroyers of
which Mr. Ward had spoken, and which I had been told to summon in
case of need.
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Cromwell by William Shakespeare: What, is the king acquainted with my cause?
NORFOLK.
We have, and he hath answered us, my Lord.
CROMWELL.
How, shall I come to speak with him my self?
GARDINER.
The King is so advertised of your guilt,
he will by no means admit you to his presence.
CROMWELL.
No way admit me? am I so soon forgot?
Did he but yesterday embrace my neck,
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Emma McChesney & Co. by Edna Ferber: "Work's all the style this year. They're all doing it. Look at
the Vanderbilts and that Morgan girl, and the whole crowd. These
days you can't tell whether the girl at the machine next to you
lives in the Bronx or on Fifth Avenue."
"It must be wonderful to earn your own clothes."
"Believe me," laughed Lily Bernstein, "it ain't so wonderful
when you've had to do it all your life."
She studied the pale girl before her with brows thoughtfully
knit. Lily had met too many uplifters to be in awe of them.
Besides, a certain warm-hearted friendliness was hers for every
one she met. So, like the child she was, she spoke what was in
Emma McChesney & Co. |
