| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Juana by Honore de Balzac: the empty house.
As soon as that clamor rose, Diard, feeling himself well in the
advance, began to run or rather to fly, with the vigor of a lion and
the bounds of a deer. At the other end of the street he saw, or
fancied he saw, a mass of persons, and he dashed down a cross street
to avoid them. But already every window was open, and heads were
thrust forth right and left, while from every door came shouts and
gleams of light. Diard kept on, going straight before him, through the
lights and the noise; and his legs were so actively agile that he soon
left the tumult behind him, though without being able to escape some
eyes which took in the extent of his course more rapidly than he could
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Monster Men by Edgar Rice Burroughs: you say you savee Linee.
"Then you make bad talkee with Lajah Saffir at long-house.
Sing hear you all timee. You tly getee tleasure away
from Dlyaks for your self. Then--"
"Stop!" roared von Horn. "Stop! You lying yellow sneak,
before I put a bullet in you."
"Both of you may stop now," said Professor Maxon
authoritatively. "There have been charges made here
that cannot go unnoticed. Can you prove these things Sing?"
he asked turning to the Chinaman.
"I plove much by Bludleen's lascar. Bludleen tell
The Monster Men |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Verses 1889-1896 by Rudyard Kipling: They saw 'is wounds was mortial, an' they judged that it was best,
So they took an' drove the limber straight across 'is back an' chest.
The Driver 'e give nothin' 'cept a little coughin' grunt,
But 'e swung 'is 'orses 'andsome when it came to "Action Front!"
An' if one wheel was juicy, you may lay your Monday head
'Twas juicier for the niggers when the case begun to spread.
The moril of this story, it is plainly to be seen:
You 'avn't got no families when servin' of the Queen --
You 'avn't got no brothers, fathers, sisters, wives, or sons --
Verses 1889-1896 |
