| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Tarzan of the Apes by Edgar Rice Burroughs: he accorded a strange girl of a strange race, you would
feel the same absolute confidence in him that I feel."
"You have won your suit, my fair pleader," cried the captain.
"This court finds the defendant not guilty, and the
cruiser shall wait a few days longer that he may have an
opportunity to come and thank the divine Portia."
"For the Lord's sake honey," cried Esmeralda. "You all don't
mean to tell ME that you're going to stay right here in this
here land of carnivable animals when you all got the opportunity
to escapade on that boat? Don't you tell me THAT, honey."
"Why, Esmeralda! You should be ashamed of yourself,"
Tarzan of the Apes |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Magic of Oz by L. Frank Baum: "Now," said the Wizard, "we must start for home. But how are we
going to carry that big gold flower-pot? Cap'n Bill can't lug it all
the way, that's certain."
"No," acknowledged the sailor-man; "it's pretty heavy. I could carry
it for a little while, but I'd have to stop to rest every few minutes."
"Couldn't we put it on your back?" Dorothy asked the Cowardly Lion,
with a good-natured yawn.
"I don't object to carrying it, if you can fasten it on," answered
the Lion.
"If it falls off," said Trot, "it might get smashed an' be ruined."
"I'll fix it," promised Cap'n Bill. "I'll make a flat board out of
The Magic of Oz |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Polity of Athenians and Lacedaemonians by Xenophon: better people are punished with infamy,[36] robbed of their money,
driven from their homes, and put to death, while the baser sort are
promoted to honour. On the other hand, the better Athenians throw
their aegis over the better class in the allied cities.[37] And why?
Because they recognise that it is to the interest of their own class
at all times to protect the best element in the cities. It may be
urged[38] that if it comes to strength and power the real strength of
Athens lies in the capacity of her allies to contribute their money
quota. But to the democratic mind[39] it appears a higher advantage
still for the individual Athenian to get hold of the wealth of the
allies, leaving them only enough to live upon and to cultivate their
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