| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from A Legend of Montrose by Walter Scott: Having thus assembled an audience about him, Lord Menteith sat
down upon the edge of the four-post bed, while Captain Dalgetty,
wiping the relics of the posset from his beard and mustachoes,
and repeating the first verse of the Lutheran psalm, ALLE GUTER
GEISTER LOBEN DEN HERRN, etc. rolled himself into one of the
places of repose, and thrusting his shock pate from between the
blankets, listened to Lord Menteith's relation in a most
luxurious state, between sleeping and waking.
"The father," said Lord Menteith, "of the two brothers, Angus and
Allan M'Aulay, was a gentleman of consideration and family, being
the chief of a Highland clan, of good account, though not
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Maggie: A Girl of the Streets by Stephen Crane: Chapter VIII
As thoughts of Pete came to Maggie's mind, she began to have
an intense dislike for all of her dresses.
"What deh hell ails yeh? What makes yeh be allus fixin' and
fussin'? Good Gawd," her mother would frequently roar at her.
She began to note, with more interest, the well-dressed women
she met on the avenues. She envied elegance and soft palms. She
craved those adornments of person which she saw every day on the
street, conceiving them to be allies of vast importance to women.
Studying faces, she thought many of the women and girls she
chanced to meet, smiled with serenity as though forever cherished
Maggie: A Girl of the Streets |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Travels and Researches in South Africa by Dr. David Livingstone: formerly alight@mercury.interpath.net). To assure a high quality text,
the original was typed in (manually) twice and electronically compared.
[Note on text: Italicized words or phrases are CAPITALIZED.
Some obvious errors have been corrected.]
Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa.
Also called, Travels and Researches in South Africa;
or, Journeys and Researches in South Africa.
By David Livingstone [British (Scot) Missionary and Explorer--1813-1873.]
David Livingstone was born in Scotland, received his medical degree
from the University of Glasgow, and was sent to South Africa
by the London Missionary Society. Circumstances led him to try to meet
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