| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Mad King by Edgar Rice Burroughs: put to it to hold the mad pace which she set them.
A few miles from Tann the road forks. One branch leads
toward the capital and the other winds over the hills in the
direction of Blentz. The fork occurs within the boundaries
of the Old Forest. Great trees overhang the winding road,
casting a twilight shade even at high noon. It is a lonely
spot, far from any habitation.
As the Princess Emma approached the fork she reined in
her mount, for across the road to Lustadt a dozen horse-
men barred her way. At first she thought nothing of it,
turning her horse's head to the righthand side of the road
The Mad King |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe: poor helpless widow, though it had been but just enough to keep her
alive; but hunger knows no friend, no relation, no justice, no
right, and therefore is remorseless, and capable of no compassion.
The surgeon told him how far we were going, and that it would carry
him away from all his friends, and put him, perhaps, in as bad
circumstances almost as those we found him in, that is to say,
starving in the world. He said it mattered not whither he went, if
he was but delivered from the terrible crew that he was among; that
the captain (by which he meant me, for he could know nothing of my
nephew) had saved his life, and he was sure would not hurt him; and
as for the maid, he was sure, if she came to herself, she would be
Robinson Crusoe |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Moran of the Lady Letty by Frank Norris: "Did you ever kill a man, Jerry?" asked Wilbur. "No? Well, you
kill one some day--kill him in a fair give-and-take fight--and see
how it makes you feel, and what influence it has on you, and then
come back and talk to me."
It was long after midnight. Wilbur rose.
"We'll ring for a boy," said Ridgeway, "and get you a room. I can
fix you out with clothes enough in the morning "
Wilbur stared in some surprise, and then said:
"Why, I've got the schooner to look after. I can't leave those
coolies alone all night."
"You don't mean to say you're going on board at this time in the
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