| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Outlaw of Torn by Edgar Rice Burroughs: gates could be reached. Each barbican was portcullised,
while the inner gates were similarly safeguarded in
addition to the drawbridges which, spanning the moat
when lowered, could be drawn up at the approach of
an enemy, effectually stopping his advance.
The new towers and buildings added to the ancient
keep under the direction of Norman of Torn and the
grim, old man whom he called father, were of the Nor-
man type of architecture, the windows were larger, the
carving more elaborate, the rooms lighter and more
spacious.
The Outlaw of Torn |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Thuvia, Maid of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs: They were racing madly after him who dared to steal what
they already had stolen.
As Thar Ban reached the side of his mount he snatched
his long radium rifle from its boot, and, wheeling,
poured three shots into the oncoming red men.
Such is the uncanny marksmanship of these Martian
savages that three red warriors dropped in their tracks
as three projectiles exploded in their vitals.
The others halted, nor did they dare return the fire
for fear of wounding the girl.
Then Thar Ban vaulted to the back of his thoat, Thuvia of Ptarth
Thuvia, Maid of Mars |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Tales of the Klondyke by Jack London: took with us our rifles and shot them to the last one, while the
man who had killed fifty horses cursed us till his throat cracked.
But that man, with whom I welded blood-brothership on the Dead
Horse Trail--"
"Why, that man was John Randolph," Fortune, sneering the while,
completed the climax for him.
Uri nodded, and said, "I am glad you understand."
"I am ready," Fortune answered, the old weary bitterness strong in
his face again. "Go ahead, but hurry."
Uri Bram rose to his feet.
"I have had faith in God all the days of my life. I believe He
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