| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Under the Andes by Rex Stout: either side.
But we kept on top--most of the time--and fought our way
forward by inches. The black walls frowning at us from either side
appeared to me to remain exactly the same, stationary, after a long
and desperate struggle; but when I gave a quick glance behind I saw
that we had pulled so far away from the raft that it was no longer
in sight. That gave me renewed strength, and, shouting assurance
to Harry and Desiree, I redoubled my efforts. Desiree was by now
almost able to hold her own, but we still supported her.
Every stroke made the next one easier, carrying us away from
the whirlpool, and soon we swam smoothly. Less and less strong
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Red Badge of Courage by Stephen Crane: he remarked.
The speech pierced the youth. Inwardly he
was reduced to an abject pulp by these chance
words. His legs quaked privately. He cast a
frightened glance at the sarcastic man.
"Why, no," he hastened to say in a concili-
ating voice, "I don't think I fought the whole
battle yesterday."
But the other seemed innocent of any deeper
meaning. Apparently, he had no information.
It was merely his habit. "Oh!" he replied in the
The Red Badge of Courage |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Lay Morals by Robert Louis Stevenson: though that changes the aspect of everything else, yet he
must see the same things as other people, only from a
different side.
And now, having admitted so much, let us turn to criticism.
If you teach a man to keep his eyes upon what others think of
him, unthinkingly to lead the life and hold the principles of
the majority of his contemporaries, you must discredit in his
eyes the one authoritative voice of his own soul. He may be
a docile citizen; he will never be a man. It is ours, on the
other hand, to disregard this babble and chattering of other
men better and worse than we are, and to walk straight before
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