| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Wyoming by William MacLeod Raine: The sheepman, not deigning to move an inch from his position,
looked in silence his steady contempt.
"This conversation sounds a whole lot like a monologue up to
date," he continued. "Now, maybe y'u don't know y'u have the
honor of entertaining the King of the Bighorn." The man's brown
hand brushed the mask from his eyes and he bowed with mocking
deference. "Miss Messiter, allow me to introduce myself
again--Ned Bannister, train robber, rustler, kidnapper and
general bad man. But I ain't told y'u the worst yet. I'm cousin
to a sheepherder' and that's the lowest thing that walks."
He limped forward a few steps and sat down. "Thank you, I believe
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from When the Sleeper Wakes by H. G. Wells: She looked at him quickly. There was a brief pause.
She sighed encouragingly. "No? "
"No," said Graham. "It was a little life--and
unmeaning. But this--. We thought the world
complex and crowded and civilised enough. Yet I see
--although in this world I am barely four days old--
looking back on my own time, that it was a queer,
barbaric time--the mere beginning of this new order.
The mere beginning of this new order. You will find
it hard to understand how little I know."
" You may ask me what you like," she said, smiling
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis Carroll: for certain--but I'm afraid it WOULD be a little hard.'
He looked so vexed at the idea, that Alice changed the subject
hastily. `What a curious helmet you've got!' she said cheerfully.
`Is that your invention too?'
The Knight looked down proudly at his helmet, which hung from
the saddle. `Yes,' he said, `but I've invented a better one than
that--like a sugar loaf. When I used to wear it, if I fell off
the horse, it always touched the ground directly. So I had a
VERY little way to fall, you see--But there WAS the danger of
falling INTO it, to be sure. That happened to me once--and the
worst of it was, before I could get out again, the other White
Through the Looking-Glass |
