| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Red Badge of Courage by Stephen Crane: heard: "What th' devil they in sich a hurry for?"
The youth thought the damp fog of early
morning moved from the rush of a great body
of troops. From the distance came a sudden
spatter of firing.
He was bewildered. As he ran with his com-
rades he strenuously tried to think, but all he knew
was that if he fell down those coming behind
would tread upon him. All his faculties seemed
to be needed to guide him over and past obstruc-
tions. He felt carried along by a mob.
The Red Badge of Courage |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from A Legend of Montrose by Walter Scott: were preparing to hurry our friend Dalgetty, when, shaking
himself loose from them with some difficulty, he insisted upon
seeing Gustavus safely landed before he proceeded one step
farther. The Highlanders could not comprehend what he meant,
until one who had picked up a little English, or rather Lowland
Scotch, exclaimed, "Houts! it's a' about her horse, ta useless
baste." Farther remonstrance on the part of Captain Dalgetty was
interrupted by the appearance of Sir Duncan Campbell himself,
from the mouth of the cavern which we have described, for the
purpose of inviting Captain Dalgetty to accept of the hospitality
of Ardenvohr, pledging his honour, at the same time, that
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Verses 1889-1896 by Rudyard Kipling: An' the dawn comes up like thunder outer China 'crost the Bay!
TROOPIN'
(Our Army in the East)
Verses 1889-1896 |
