| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Pellucidar by Edgar Rice Burroughs: I tried to recall something of the Morse Code, with
which I had played as a little boy--but time had
obliterated it from my memory. I became almost frantic
as I let my imagination run riot among the possibilities
for which this clicking instrument might stand.
Some poor devil at the unknown other end might be
in dire need of succor. The very franticness of the
instrument's wild clashing betokened something of the
kind.
And there sat I, powerless to interpret, and so power-
less to help!
Pellucidar |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Magic of Oz by L. Frank Baum: and the chorus runs this way:
I am crazy;
You're a daisy,
Ozma dear;
I'm demented;
You're contented,
Ozma dear;
I am patched and gay and glary;
You're a sweet and lovely fairy;
May your birthdays all be happy,
Ozma dear!"
The Magic of Oz |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Love and Friendship by Jane Austen: by his surgeon to be in the most emminent Danger. "Good God!
(said I) you dont say so? Why what in the name of Heaven will
become of all the Victuals! We shall never be able to eat it
while it is good. However, we'll call in the Surgeon to help us.
I shall be able to manage the Sir-loin myself, my Mother will eat
the soup, and You and the Doctor must finish the rest." Here I
was interrupted, by seeing my poor Sister fall down to appearance
Lifeless upon one of the Chests, where we keep our Table linen.
I immediately called my Mother and the Maids, and at last we
brought her to herself again; as soon as ever she was sensible,
she expressed a determination of going instantly to Henry, and
Love and Friendship |
