| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Pupil by Henry James: leading the quiet life we all do, for such a lot of money?" - a
question to which Pemberton made no answer, occupied as he was in
noting that what passed in the mind of his patrons was something
like: "Oh then, if we've felt that the child, dear little angel,
has judged us and how he regards us, and we haven't been betrayed,
he must have guessed - and in short it's GENERAL!" an inference
that rather stirred up Mr. and Mrs. Moreen, as Pemberton had
desired it should. At the same time, if he had supposed his threat
would do something towards bringing them round, he was disappointed
to find them taking for granted - how vulgar their perception HAD
been! - that he had already given them away. There was a mystic
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Spirit of the Border by Zane Grey: and wiped his moist brow.
A pink bloom tinged Kate's cheeks, and her eyes glowed with a happy light; but
George never saw these womanly evidences of pleasure.
"Of course I know you don't care for me---"
"Did Mr. Edwards tell you so?" asked Kate, glancing up quickly.
"Why, yes, he has often said he thought that. Indeed, he always seemed to
regard himself as the fortunate object of your affections. I always believed
he was."
"But it wasn't true."
"What?"
"It's not true."
The Spirit of the Border |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from At the Earth's Core by Edgar Rice Burroughs: it if we are able. We cannot travel as rapidly as you two,
and there is no reason why all should be lost because
of that. It can't be helped--we have simply to face it."
"I will not desert a companion," was Ghak's simple reply.
I hadn't known that this great, hairy, primeval man had
any such nobility of character stowed away inside him.
I had always liked him, but now to my liking was added honor
and respect. Yes, and love.
But still I urged him to go on ahead, insisting that if he
could reach his people he might be able to bring out
a sufficient force to drive off the Sagoths and rescue
At the Earth's Core |
