| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from End of the Tether by Joseph Conrad: imagination, shocking to his ideas of honesty, shocking
to his conception of mankind. This enormity affected
one's outlook on what was possible in this world: it was
as if for instance the sun had turned blue, throwing a
new and sinister light on men and nature. Really in
the first moment he had felt sickish, as though he had
got a blow below the belt: for a second the very color
of the sea seemed changed--appeared queer to his wan-
dering eye; and he had a passing, unsteady sensation in
all his limbs as though the earth had started turning
the other way.
End of the Tether |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Spirit of the Border by Zane Grey: "How long will it take me to learn the Delaware language?" inquired Jim.
"Not long. You do not, however, need to speak the Indian tongue, for we have
excellent interpreters."
"We heard much at Fort Pitt and Fort Henry about the danger, as well as
uselessness, of our venture," Jim continued. "The frontiersmen declared that
every rod of the way was beset with savage foes, and that, even in the
unlikely event of our arriving safely at the Village of Peace, we would then
be hemmed in by fierce, vengeful tribes."
"Hostile savages abound here, of course; but we do not fear them. We invite
them. Our work is to convert the wicked, to teach them to lead good, useful
lives. We will succeed."
The Spirit of the Border |
