| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from One Basket by Edna Ferber: THE HEART-THROB SONG THAT HAS GOT 'EM ALL!
THE SONG THAT MADE THE SQUAREHEADS CRAWL!
"I COME FROM PARIS, ILLINOIS, BUT OH! YOU PARIS, FRANCE!
I USED TO WEAR BLUE OVERALLS BUT NOW IT'S KHAKI PANTS."
COME IN! COME IN!
Terry accepted,
She followed the sound of the music. Around the corner. Up a
little flight of stairs. She entered the realm of Euterpe;
Euterpe with her hair frizzed; Euterpe with her flowing white
robe replaced by soiled white shoes; Euterpe abandoning her flute
One Basket |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin by Benjamin Franklin: The subscribers, to carry the project into immediate execution,
chose out of their number twenty-four trustees, and appointed
Mr. Francis, then attorney-general, and myself to draw up constitutions
for the government of the academy; which being done and signed,
a house was hired, masters engag'd, and the schools opened, I think,
in the same year, 1749.
The scholars increasing fast, the house was soon found too small,
and we were looking out for a piece of ground, properly situated,
with intention to build, when Providence threw into our way a large
house ready built, which, with a few alterations, might well
serve our purpose. This was the building before mentioned,
The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Under the Andes by Rex Stout: bleeding in a dozen places on my legs and arms and body, and Harry
was in no better case.
Suddenly I saw ahead of us an opening which I thought I
recognized. I pointed it out to Harry.
"The exit!" he cried out, and made for it with Desiree. But
they were brought to a halt by a cliff at their very feet, no less
than twenty feet high.
I started to join them, but hearing a clatter behind, turned
just in time to see a score of Incas rush at us from the left,
through a narrow lane that led to the edge of the cliff.
I sprang toward them, calling to Harry for assistance. He was
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