| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Desert Gold by Zane Grey: stumbling over rocks and depressions was a task Gale found impossible.
After he had been stabbed several times by the bayonetlike spikes,
which seemed invisible, the matter of caution became equally one
of self-preservation. Both the cowboys, Dick had observed, wore
leather chaps. It was no easy matter to lead a spirited horse
through the dark, winding lanes walled by thorns. Mercedes horse
often balked and had to be coaxed and carefully guided. Dick
concluded that Ladd was making a wide detour. The position of
certain stars grown familiar during the march veered round from
one side to another. Dick saw that the travel was fast, but by
no means noiseless. The pack animals at times crashed and ripped
Desert Gold |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Village Rector by Honore de Balzac: for the exhumation of the poor lad's body and its transportation to
Montegnac. God has no doubt pardoned him, and Jean will rise with my
flock on that last day when the righteous and the repentant will be
called together to the right hand of the Father."
"So be it," replied the lawyer.
He took Denise by the hand and drew her toward him to kiss her
forehead; but the action had another motive.
"My child," he whispered, "no one in Montegnac has five-hundred-franc
notes; they are rare even at Limoges, where they are only taken at a
discount. This money has been given to you; you will not tell me by
whom, and I don't ask you; but listen to me: if you have anything more
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Moll Flanders by Daniel Defoe: the river came down from Limerick, and that it was the largest
river in Ireland.
Here, being detained by bad weather for some time, the captain,
who continued the same kind, good-humoured man as at
first, took us two on shore with him again. He id it now in
kindness to my husband indeed, who bore the sea very ill, and
was very sick, especially when it blew so hard. Here we
bought in again a store of fresh provisions, especially beef,
pork, mutton, and fowls, and the captain stayed to pickle up
five or six barrels of beef to lengthen out the ship's store. We
were here not above five days, when the weather turning mild,
Moll Flanders |
