| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Within the Tides by Joseph Conrad: "Why exactly he came this way I can't tell. Towards the end of my
time here we began to hear talk of a maimed Frenchman who had been
seen here and there. But no one knew then that he had foregathered
with Niclaus and lived in his prau. I daresay he put Niclaus up to
a thing or two. Anyhow, it was a partnership. Niclaus was
somewhat afraid of the Frenchman on account of his tempers, which
were awful. He looked then like a devil; but a man without hands,
unable to load or handle a weapon, can at best go for one only with
his teeth. From that danger Niclaus felt certain he could always
defend himself.
"The couple were alone together loafing in the common-room of that
Within the Tides |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Othello by William Shakespeare: You shall your selfe read, in the bitter letter,
After your owne sense: yea, though our proper Son
Stood in your Action
Bra. Humbly I thanke your Grace,
Here is the man; this Moore, whom now it seemes
Your speciall Mandate, for the State affaires
Hath hither brought
All. We are verie sorry for't
Duke. What in your owne part, can you say to this?
Bra. Nothing, but this is so
Othe. Most Potent, Graue, and Reueren'd Signiors,
Othello |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Burning Daylight by Jack London: sceptical crowd. Men grinned and shook their heads. They had
seen the motions of a gold strike gone through before. This was
too patently a scheme of Harper's and Joe Ladue's, trying to
entice prospecting in the vicinity of their town site and trading
post. And who was Carmack? A squaw-man. And who ever heard of
a squaw-man striking anything? And what was Bonanza Creek?
Merely a moose pasture, entering the Klondike just above its
mouth, and known to old-timers as Rabbit Creek. Now if Daylight
or Bob Henderson had recorded claims and shown coarse gold,
they'd known there was something in it. But Carmack, the
squaw-man! And Skookum Jim! And Cultus Charlie! No, no; that
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