| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Red Badge of Courage by Stephen Crane: eral, or at least approach and tell him in plain
words exactly what he thought him to be. It
was criminal to stay calmly in one spot and make
no effort to stay destruction. He loitered in a
fever of eagerness for the division commander to
apply to him.
As he warily moved about, he heard the gen-
eral call out irritably: "Tompkins, go over an'
see Taylor, an' tell him not t' be in such an all-
fired hurry; tell him t' halt his brigade in th'
edge of th' woods; tell him t' detach a reg'ment
The Red Badge of Courage |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Mad King by Edgar Rice Burroughs: was of sufficient depth to completely cover the car--no sign
of it appeared above the surface.
Barney turned into the wood smiling. His scheme had
worked well. The occupants of the two cars following him
might not note the broken handrail, or, if they did, might
not connect it with Barney in any way. In this event they
would continue in the direction of Lustadt, wondering what
in the world had become of their quarry. Or, if they guessed
that his car had gone over into the river, they would doubt-
less believe that its driver had gone with it. In either event
Barney would be given ample time to find his way to Tann.
The Mad King |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from An Historical Mystery by Honore de Balzac: councillor of State like Malin.
"Those men," continued Malin, "are Fouche's two arms. One, that dandy
Corentin, whose face is like a glass of lemonade, vinegar on his lips
and verjuice in his eyes, put an end to the insurrection at the West
in the year VII. in less than fifteen days. The other is a disciple of
Lenoir; he is the only one who preserves the great traditions of the
police. I had asked for an agent of no great account, backed by some
official personage, and they send me those past-masters of the
business! Ah, Grevin, Fouche wants to pry into my game. That's why I
left those fellows dining at the chateau; they may look into
everything for all I care; they won't find Louis XVIII. nor any sign
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