| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Lone Star Ranger by Zane Grey: "Where's your warrant to arrest Snecker?" shouted Longstreth.
"I don't need warrants to make arrests. Longstreth, you're
ignorant of the power of Texas Rangers."
"You'll come none of your damned ranger stunts out here. I'll
block you."
That passionate reply of Longstreth's was the signal Duane had
been waiting for. He had helped on the crisis. He wanted to
force Longstreth's hand and show the town his stand.
Duane backed clear of everybody.
"Men! I call on you all!" cried Duane, piercingly. "I call on
you to witness the arrest of a criminal prevented by
The Lone Star Ranger |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Herland by Charlotte Gilman: studied by them, their claim was recognized by the wise leaders.
But I felt, we all did, that we should have chosen them
among millions, unerringly.
And yet "the path of true love never did run smooth"; this
period of courtship was full of the most unsuspected pitfalls.
Writing this as late as I do, after manifold experiences both
in Herland and, later, in my own land, I can now understand and
philosophize about what was then a continual astonishment and
often a temporary tragedy.
The "long suit" in most courtships is sex attraction, of course.
Then gradually develops such comradeship as the two temperaments
Herland |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen: Eleanor's work was suspended while she gazed with
increasing astonishment; but Henry began to suspect the truth,
and something, in which Miss Thorpe's name was included,
passed his lips.
"How quick you are!" cried Catherine: "you have
guessed it, I declare! And yet, when we talked about
it in Bath, you little thought of its ending so.
Isabella--no wonder now I have not heard from her--Isabella
has deserted my brother, and is to marry yours! Could
you have believed there had been such inconstancy
and fickleness, and everything that is bad in the world?"
Northanger Abbey |
