| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Call of the Canyon by Zane Grey: did throw themselves at soldiers it was not owing to the moral lapse of the
day. It was woman's instinct to save the race! Always, in every war, women
have sacrificed themselves to the future. Not vile, but noble! . . . You
insult both soldiers and women, Mr. Morrison. I wonder--did any American
girls throw themselves at you?"
Morrison turned a dead white, and his mouth twisted to a distorted checking
of speech, disagreeable to see.
"No, you were a slacker," went on Carley, with scathing scorn. "You let the
other men go fight for American girls. Do you imagine one of them will ever
marry you? . . . All your life, Mr. Morrison, you will be a marked man-
-outside the pale of friendship with real American men and the respect of
The Call of the Canyon |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Mysterious Island by Jules Verne: Forward!" The colonists crossed through the enclosure, holding their guns
ready in their hands. The cart had been left outside under the charge of
Jup and Top, who had been prudently tied to it.
Cyrus Harding, Pencroft, and Gideon Spilett on one side, Herbert and Neb
on the other, going along by the palisade, surveyed the absolutely dark and
deserted corral.
In a few moments they were near the closed door of the house.
Harding signed to his companions not to stir, and approached the window,
then feebly lighted by the inner light.
He gazed into the apartment.
On the table burned a lantern. Near the table was the bed formerly used
The Mysterious Island |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Koran: shouldst see any mortal say, "Verily, I have vowed to the Merciful One
a fast, and I will not speak to-day with a human being."'
Then she brought it to her people, carrying it; said they, 'O
Mary! thou hast done an extraordinary thing! O sister of Aaron! thy
father was not a bad man, nor was thy mother a harlot!'
And she pointed to him, and they said, 'How are we to speak with one
who is in the cradle a child?' He said, 'Verily, I am a servant of
God; He has brought me the Book, and He has made me a prophet, and
He has made me blessed wherever I be; and He has required of me prayer
and almsgiving so long as I live, and piety towards my mother, and has
not made me a miserable tyrant; and peace upon me the day I was
The Koran |
