| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Dynamiter by Robert Louis Stevenson and Fanny Van De Grift Stevenson: sort, and when I have no case before the courts I make it a
habit to visit continental spas: not that I have ever been
ill; but then I am no longer young, and I am always happy in
a crowd. Well, to come more shortly to the point, I am now
on the wing for Evian; this incubus of a house, which I must
leave behind and dare not let, hangs heavily upon my hands;
and I propose to rid myself of that concern, and do you a
very good turn into the bargain, by lending you the mansion,
with all its fittings, as it stands. The idea was sudden; it
appealed to me as humorous: and I am sure it will cause my
relatives, if they should ever hear of it, the keenest
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Herodias by Gustave Flaubert: from the rocks; men shall sleep, well satisfied, among the wine-
presses. The people shall prostrate themselves before Thee, and Thy
reign shall be eternal, O Son of David!"
The tetrarch suddenly recoiled from the opening of the pit; the
mention of the existence of a son of David seemed to him like a menace
to himself.
Iaokanann then poured forth invectives against him for presuming to
aspire to royalty.
"There is no other king than the Eternal God!" he cried; and he cursed
Antipas for his luxurious gardens, his statues, his furniture of
carved ivory and precious woods, comparing him to the impious Ahab.
Herodias |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Travels and Researches in South Africa by Dr. David Livingstone: the original was typed in (manually) twice and electronically compared.
[Note on text: Italicized words or phrases are CAPITALIZED.
Some obvious errors have been corrected.]
Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa.
Also called, Travels and Researches in South Africa;
or, Journeys and Researches in South Africa.
By David Livingstone [British (Scot) Missionary and Explorer--1813-1873.]
David Livingstone was born in Scotland, received his medical degree
from the University of Glasgow, and was sent to South Africa
by the London Missionary Society. Circumstances led him to try to meet
the material needs as well as the spiritual needs of the people he went to,
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