| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from St. Ives by Robert Louis Stevenson: curls, though; and the richness of it is, Mr. Powl tells me his
don't curl no more than that much twine - by nature. Gettin' old,
the Viscount is. He 'AVE gone the pace, 'aven't 'e, sir?'
'The fact is,' said I, 'that I know very little about him. Our
family has been much divided, and I have been a soldier from a
child.'
'A soldier, Mr. Anne, sir?' cried Rowley, with a sudden feverish
animation. 'Was you ever wounded?'
It is contrary to my principles to discourage admiration for
myself; and, slipping back the shoulder of the dressing-gown, I
silently exhibited the scar which I had received in Edinburgh
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Emerald City of Oz by L. Frank Baum: "The Grahams and the Browns and Whites are all excellent families, and
there is none better of their kind. I'm a Boston Brown, myself."
"I admit you are all desirable citizens," said Mr. Bunn rather
stiffly; "but the fact remains that our town is called Bunbury."
"'Scuse me," interrupted Dorothy; "but I'm getting hungrier every
minute. Now, if you're polite and kind, as I'm sure you ought to be,
you'll let me eat SOMETHING. There's so much to eat here that you
will never miss it."
Then a big, puffed-up man, of a delicate brown color, stepped forward
and said:
"I think it would be a shame to send this child away hungry,
The Emerald City of Oz |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Scenes from a Courtesan's Life by Honore de Balzac: leading ladies in the piece she was playing, Esther accepted Tullia,
Florentine, Fanny Beaupre, and Florine--two dancers and two actresses
--besides Madame du Val-Noble. Nothing can be more dreary than a
courtesan's home without the spice of rivalry, the display of dress,
and some variety of type.
In six weeks Esther had become the wittiest, the most amusing, the
loveliest, and the most elegant of those female pariahs who form the
class of kept women. Placed on the pedestal that became her, she
enjoyed all the delights of vanity which fascinate women in general,
but still as one who is raised above her caste by a secret thought.
She cherished in her heart an image of herself which she gloried in,
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