| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Lost Princess of Oz by L. Frank Baum: civilization. Imagination led Columbus to discover
America. Imagination led Franklin to discover
electricity. Imagination has given us the steam engine,
the telephone, the talking-machine and the automobile,
for these things had to be dreamed of before they
became realities. So I believe that dreams -- day
dreams, you know, with your eyes wide open and your
brain-machinery whizzing -- are likely to lead to the
betterment of the world. The imaginative child will
become the imaginative man or woman most apt to create,
to invent, and therefore to foster civilization. A
The Lost Princess of Oz |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from When the World Shook by H. Rider Haggard: with us while we took our evening meal. I remember that mine
consisted of some of the Life-water which she had brought with her
and fruit, for, as I think I have said, I had acquired her
dislike to meat, also that she ate some plantains, throwing the
skins for Tommy to fetch and laughing at his play. When it was
over, Bastin and Bickley went away together, whether by chance or
design I do not know, and she said to me suddenly:
"Humphrey, you have often asked me about the city Pani, of
which a little portion of the ruins remains upon this island, the
rest being buried beneath the waters. If you wish I will show you
where our royal palace was before the barbarians destroyed it
When the World Shook |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Out of Time's Abyss by Edgar Rice Burroughs: the best of it. We have escaped from death for a time at least.
We have food and good water and peace and each other. What more
could we have upon the mainland?"
"But I thought you wanted to get back to your own country!"
he exclaimed.
She cast her eyes upon the ground and half turned away. "I do,"
she said, "yet I am happy here. I could be little happier there."
Bradley stood in silent thought. "`We have food and good water
and peace and each other!'" he repeated to himself. He turned
then and looked at the girl, and it was as though in the days
that they had been together this was the first time that he
Out of Time's Abyss |
