| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Spirit of the Border by Zane Grey: "Wait, I'll go along," cried Zeisberger, suddenly dropping his knife and
stick.
As the two men went out a fearful spectacle met their eyes. The clearing was
alive with Indians. But such Indians! They were painted demons, maddened by
rum. Yesterday they had been silent; if they moved at all it had been with
deliberation and dignity. To-day they were a yelling, running, blood-seeking
mob.
"Awful! Did you ever see human beings like these?" asked Zeisberger.
"No, no!"
"I saw such a frenzy once before, but, of course, only in a small band of
savages. Many times have I seen Indians preparing for the war-path, in search
The Spirit of the Border |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Lady Chatterley's Lover by D. H. Lawrence: 'But it's lovely here,' she said. 'Such a beautiful stillness,
everything alive and still.'
He was eating again, rather slowly and unwillingly, and she could feel
he was discouraged. She made the tea in silence, and set the tea-pot on
the hob, as she knew the people did. He pushed his plate aside and went
to the back place; she heard a latch click, then he came back with
cheese on a plate, and butter.
She set the two cups on the table; there were only two. 'Will you have
a cup of tea?' she said.
'If you like. Sugar's in th' cupboard, an' there's a little cream jug.
Milk's in a jug in th' pantry.'
Lady Chatterley's Lover |
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: formerly alight@mercury.interpath.net). To assure a high quality text,
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
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