| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Men of Iron by Howard Pyle: black armor, dismounted and entered the great hall door-way
below, followed by several of the band.
He remembered how some of the castle women were standing in a
frightened group upon the landing of the stairs, talking together
in low voices about a matter he did not understand, excepting
that the armed men who had ridden into the courtyard had come for
Sir John Dale. None of the women paid any attention to him; so,
shunning their notice, he ran off down the winding stairs,
expecting every moment to be called back again by some one of
them.
A crowd of castle people, all very serious and quiet, were
Men of Iron |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Around the World in 80 Days by Jules Verne: creeping from one car to another with marvellous skill,
and thus gaining the forward end of the train.
There, suspended by one hand between the baggage-car and the tender,
with the other he loosened the safety chains; but, owing to the traction,
he would never have succeeded in unscrewing the yoking-bar,
had not a violent concussion jolted this bar out. The train,
now detached from the engine, remained a little behind,
whilst the locomotive rushed forward with increased speed.
Carried on by the force already acquired, the train still moved
for several minutes; but the brakes were worked and at last they stopped,
less than a hundred feet from Kearney station.
Around the World in 80 Days |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Beasts of Tarzan by Edgar Rice Burroughs: The poor fellows went almost white with terror at the
prospect of close contact with the panther and the apes in
the narrow confines of the canoes; but when Kaviri explained
to them that there was no escape--that Bwana Tarzan
would pursue them with his grim horde should they attempt
to run away from the duty--they finally went gloomily down
to the river and took their places in the canoe.
It was with a sigh of relief that their chieftain saw the party
disappear about a headland a short distance up-river.
For three days the strange company continued farther and
farther into the heart of the savage country that lies on either
The Beasts of Tarzan |
