| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Salammbo by Gustave Flaubert: for him.
The better to inflame her heart he reported to her all the invectives
howled against Hamilcar in open council; he told her that she had
erred, that she owed reparation for her crime, and that Rabbetna
commanded the sacrifice.
A great uproar came frequently across the Mappalian district to
Megara. Schahabarim and Salammbo went out quickly, and gazed from the
top of the galley staircase.
There were people in the square of Khamon shouting for arms. The
Ancients would not provide them, esteeming such an effort useless;
others who had set out without a general had been massacred. At last
Salammbo |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Lone Star Ranger by Zane Grey: striking for home, he reached the canon where he had left his
horse.
Bullet was quickly and easily found. Duane threw on the saddle
and pack, cinched them tight, and resumed his descent. The
worst was now to come. Bare downward steps in rock, sliding,
weathered slopes, narrow black gullies, a thousand openings in
a maze of broken stone--these Duane had to descend in fast
time, leading a giant of a horse. Bullet cracked the loose
fragments, sent them rolling, slid on the scaly slopes, plunged
down the steps, followed like a faithful dog at Duane's heels.
Hours passed as moments. Duane was equal to his great
The Lone Star Ranger |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Sportsman by Xenophon: Both species present a large proportion of defective animals[4] which
fall short of the type, as being under-sized, or crook-nosed,[5] or
gray-eyed,[6] or near-sighted, or ungainly, or stiff-jointed, or
deficient in strength, thin-haired, lanky, disproportioned, devoid of
pluck or of nose, or unsound of foot. To particularise: an under-sized
dog will, ten to one, break off from the chase[7] faint and flagging
in the performance of his duty owing to mere diminutiveness. An
aquiline nose means no mouth, and consequently an inability to hold
the hare fast.[8] A blinking bluish eye implies defect of vision;[9]
just as want of shape means ugliness.[10] The stiff-limbed dog will
come home limping from the hunting-field;[11] just as want of strength
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