| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Psychology of Revolution by Gustave le Bon: impossible experiment, in seeking, by means of the government,
suddenly to renew the institutions of the country. The
revolution which overturned the dynasty of her ancient sovereigns
was the indirect consequence of the discontent provoked by
reforms which the government had sought to impose with a view to
ameliorating the condition of China. The suppression of opium
and gaming, the reform of the army, and the creation of schools,
involved an increase of taxation which, as well as the reforms
themselves, greatly indisposed the general opinion.
A few cultured Chinese educated in the schools of Europe profited
by this discontent to raise the people and proclaim a republic,
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from U. S. Project Trinity Report by Carl Maag and Steve Rohrer: [Manhattan Engineer District, Army Corps of Engineers.] [Los Alamos,
NM.] [18 July 1945.] 2 Pages.**
16. Reynolds Electrical & Engineering Company, Inc. [Personnel
Radiation Exposures, 1945, 1946] Las Vegas, NV. Microfilm.****
17. Warren, S. L., COL., USA. Directions for Personnel at Base Camp
at Time of Shot. Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory, Manhattan Engineer
District. [Alamogordo, NM.] 15 July 1945. 1 Page.**
18. Warren, S. L., COL, USA; Hempelmann, L. H., M.D. Extracts from:
Personal Notes, Subject: Events in Camp Immediately Following
Shot--July 16, 1945. 1945. 2 Pages.**
19. Weisskopf, V.; Hoffman, J.; Aebersold, Paul; Hempelmann, L. H.
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Wyoming by William MacLeod Raine: the crescent had shouted an amazed discovery:
"By God, it's a woman!"
The car skimmed forward over the uneven ground toward the end of
the semicircle, and passed within fifty yards of the second man
from the end, the one she had picked out as the leader of the
party. He was a black, swarthy fellow in plain leather chaps and
blue shirt. As they passed he took a long, steady aim.
"Duck!" shouted the man beside her, and dragged her down on the
seat so that his body covered hers.
A puff of wind fanned the girl's cheek.
"Near thing," her companion said coolly. He looked back at the
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