| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Tales of the Klondyke by Jack London: running, and he cursed softly to himself, in the way woman is most
frequently cursed. But he still clung to the other's smoking
trail, gambling on chance to the last. And as they churned along,
the day breaking in the southeast, they marvelled in joy and
sorrow at that which Joy Molineau had done.
Forty Mile had early crawled out of its sleeping furs and
congregated near the edge of the trail. From this point it could
view the up-Yukon course to its first bend several miles away.
Here it could also see across the river to the finish at Fort
Cudahy, where the Gold Recorder nervously awaited. Joy Molineau
had taken her position several rods back from the trail, and under
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Soul of the Far East by Percival Lowell: undertake to save all who shall blindly commit themselves to
professional guidance, while Buddhists and Protestants alike believe
that a man's salvation must be brought about by the action of the
man himself. The result is, that in the matter of individuality the
two reformed beliefs are further apart than those against which they
severally protested. For by the change the personal became more
personal, and the impersonal more impersonal than before.
The Protestant, from having tamely allowed himself to be led, began
to take a lively interest in his own self-improvement; while the
Buddhist, from a former apathetic acquiescence in the doctrine of
the universally illusive, set to work energetically towards
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from King Henry VI by William Shakespeare: BROTHER.
Well, seeing gentle words will not prevail,
Assail them with the army of the king.
STAFFORD.
Herald, away; and throughout every town
Proclaim them traitors that are up with Cade;
That those which fly before the battle ends
May, even in their wives' and children's sight,
Be hang'd up for example at their doors.--
And you that be the king's friends, follow me.
[Exeunt the two Staffords, and soldiers.]
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