| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Peter Pan by James M. Barrie: do their duty like gallant hearties, but that he knew they were
the scum of Rio and the Gold Coast, and if they snapped at him he
would tear them. The bluff strident words struck the note
sailors understood, and they cheered him lustily. Then a few
sharp orders were given, and they turned the ship round, and nosed
her for the mainland.
Captain Pan calculated, after consulting the ship's chart, that
if this weather lasted they should strike the Azores about the
21st of June, after which it would save time to fly.
Some of them wanted it to be an honest ship and others were in
favour of keeping it a pirate; but the captain treated them as
Peter Pan |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Aeneid by Virgil: And rush undaunted to defend the walls.
Ripheus and Iph'itus by my side engage,
For valor one renown'd, and one for age.
Dymas and Hypanis by moonlight knew
My motions and my mien, and to my party drew;
With young Coroebus, who by love was led
To win renown and fair Cassandra's bed,
And lately brought his troops to Priam's aid,
Forewarn'd in vain by the prophetic maid.
Whom when I saw resolv'd in arms to fall,
And that one spirit animated all:
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Red Seal by Natalie Sumner Lincoln: you and Helen perpetrated at the coroner's inquest yesterday
afternoon."
"Fraud?"
"Yes," quietly. "I am aware that you impersonated Helen on the
witness stand and vice versa. You took a frightful risk."
"I don't see why," she protested. "In my testimony I told nothing
but the truth."
"I never doubted you told the truth regarding the events of Monday
night as you saw them, but the coroner's questions were put to you
under the impression that you were Helen." Kent scrutinized her
keenly. "Would Helen have been able to give the same answers that
The Red Seal |
