| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Alexander's Bridge by Willa Cather: evening, and he slept well.
For the next few days Alexander was very busy.
He took a desk in the office of a Scotch
engineering firm on Henrietta Street,
and was at work almost constantly.
He avoided the clubs and usually dined alone
at his hotel. One afternoon, after he had tea,
he started for a walk down the Embankment
toward Westminster, intending to end his
stroll at Bedford Square and to ask whether
Miss Burgoyne would let him take her to the
Alexander's Bridge |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Desert Gold by Zane Grey: to rival the hue of the rose she carried.
Everybody chatted then, except Nell, who had apparently lost her
voice. Presently Dick remembered to speak of the matter of getting
news to Thorne.
"Senor, may I write to him? Will some one take a letter?...I
shall hear from him!" she said; and her white hands emphasized
her words.
"Assuredly. I guess poor Thorne is almost crazy. I'll write to
him....No, I can't with this crippled hand."
"That'll be all right, Gale," said Belding. "Nell will write for
you. She writes all my letters."
Desert Gold |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Cavalry General by Xenophon: threat of rejection were made to include horses that kick on the
exercising-grounds, since it is impossible to keep such animals in the
ranks; and in case of an advance against a hostile force at any
point,[22] they must perforce trail in the rear, so that, thanks to
the vice of the animal which he bestrides, the trooper himself is
rendered useless.
[20] Or, "As regards those who are actually serving in the cavalry."
For a plausible emend. of this passage (S. 13) see Courier ("Notes
sur le texte," p. 54); L. Dind. ad loc.
[21] Lit. "the senate might incite to . . ."
[22] Reading {ean}, or if {kan} with the MSS., trans. "even in case of
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