| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Happy Prince and Other Tales by Oscar Wilde: "'A plank of wood'! said the Miller; 'why, that is just what I want
for the roof of my barn. There is a very large hole in it, and the
corn will all get damp if I don't stop it up. How lucky you
mentioned it! It is quite remarkable how one good action always
breeds another. I have given you my wheelbarrow, and now you are
going to give me your plank. Of course, the wheelbarrow is worth
far more than the plank, but true, friendship never notices things
like that. Pray get it at once, and I will set to work at my barn
this very day.'
"'Certainly,' cried little Hans, and he ran into the shed and
dragged the plank out.
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Off on a Comet by Jules Verne: expect to find in Algeria. At the same time, we have the problem
still unsolved that the Mediterranean has evidently been transported
to the equatorial zone."
Both the count and the captain expressed themselves reassured by
his representations, and observed that they must now do all in their
power to discover what had become of the vast continent of Africa,
of which, they were hitherto failing so completely to find a vestige.
Twenty-four hours after leaving the island, the _Dobryna_ had passed over
the sites where Tenes, Cherchil, Koleah, and Sidi-Feruch once had been,
but of these towns not one appeared within range of the telescope.
Ocean reigned supreme. Lieutenant Procope was absolutely certain that
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Tales of the Klondyke by Jack London: happened to be a custom--not an original one by any means--to
which the official clique had long since become addicted. It was
a very wise custom, for it furnished protection to the womankind
of the officials and gave greater selectness to their revels.
Whenever a masquerade was given, a committee was chosen, the sole
function of which was to stand by the door and peep beneath each
and every mask. Most men did not clamor to be placed upon this
committee, while the very ones who least desired the honor were
the ones whose services were most required. The chaplain was not
well enough acquainted with the faces and places of the
townspeople to know whom to admit and whom to turn away. In like
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