| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Forged Coupon by Leo Tolstoy: must be right.
The execution was to take place in the village
itself. One Sunday Malania came home from
church in her new dress and her new boots, and
announced to her mistress that the gallows were
being erected, and that the hangman was expected
from Moscow on Wednesday. She also an-
nounced that the families of the convicts were
raging, and that their cries could be heard all over
the village.
Natalia Ivanovna did not go out of her house;
The Forged Coupon |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Warlord of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs:
For some moments the Jeddak of Kaol stood with bowed head,
apparently deep in thought. Then a sudden light brightened
his countenance.
"I have it!" he cried. "Only yesterday Matai Shang let drop
a hint of his destination, telling me of a race of people unlike
ourselves who dwell far to the north. They, he said, had always
been known to the Holy Therns and were devout and faithful
followers of the ancient cult. Among them would he find a
perpetual haven of refuge, where no `lying heretics' might
The Warlord of Mars |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Rinkitink In Oz by L. Frank Baum: across the bridge of boats, dragging the Queen of
Pingaree after her by one arm, the woman's great fright
had the effect of terrifying the waiting warriors.
"Quick!" cried Cor. "Destroy the bridge, or we are
lost."
While the men were tearing away the bridge of boats
the Queen ran up to the palace of Gos, where she met
her husband.
"That boy is a wizard!" she gasped. "There is no
standing against him."
"Oh, have you discovered his magic at last?" replied
Rinkitink In Oz |
