| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Tarzan of the Apes by Edgar Rice Burroughs: the floor, and this he picked up and took with him to show to
his fellows.
He had taken scarce a dozen steps toward the jungle when
a great form rose up before him from the shadows of a low
bush. At first he thought it was one of his own people but in
another instant he realized that it was Bolgani, the huge gorilla.
So close was he that there was no chance for flight and
little Tarzan knew that he must stand and fight for his life;
for these great beasts were the deadly enemies of his tribe, and
neither one nor the other ever asked or gave quarter.
Had Tarzan been a full-grown bull ape of the species of
Tarzan of the Apes |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Jude the Obscure by Thomas Hardy: fingers of a glove she was purchasing.
"Your hands are rather rough, Jude, aren't they?" she said.
"Yes. So would yours be if they held a mallet and chisel all day."
"I don't dislike it, you know. I think it is noble to see a man's
hands subdued to what he works in.... Well, I'm rather glad I came
to this training-school, after all. See how independent I shall be
after the two years' training! I shall pass pretty high, I expect,
and Mr. Phillotson will use his influence to get me a big school."
She had touched the subject at last. "I had a suspicion,
a fear," said Jude, "that he--cared about you rather warmly,
and perhaps wanted to marry you."
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Dynamiter by Robert Louis Stevenson and Fanny Van De Grift Stevenson: but inwardly quaking.
I had no sooner looked at it than I perceived myself to be
lost. I had been short of money and had allowed my debt to
mount; and it had now reached the sum, which I shall never
forget, of twelve pounds thirteen and fourpence halfpenny.
All evening I sat by the fire considering my situation. I
could not pay the bill; my landlady would not suffer me to
remove my boxes; and without either baggage or money, how was
I to find another lodging? For three months, unless I could
invent some remedy, I was condemned to be without a roof and
without a penny. It can surprise no one that I decided on
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