| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Mucker by Edgar Rice Burroughs: "You know it," said Billy.
"All to the good then," said the professor gaily; "now you
put on the mitts an' spell Hurricane for a couple o' rounds."
Billy slipped his huge hands into the tight-fitting gloves.
"It's been more'n a year since I had these on," he said, "an'
I may be a little slow an' stale at first; but after I get warmed
up I'll do better."
Cassidy grinned and winked at Hurricane. "He won't never
get warmed up," Hurricane confided; "Pete'll knock his block
off in about two minutes," and the men settled back to watch
the fun with ill-concealed amusement written upon their faces.
The Mucker |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from On the Origin of Species by Charles Darwin: on the Struggle for Existence that it is the most closely-allied
forms,--varieties of the same species, and species of the same genus or of
related genera,--which, from having nearly the same structure,
constitution, and habits, generally come into the severest competition with
each other. Consequently, each new variety or species, during the progress
of its formation, will generally press hardest on its nearest kindred, and
tend to exterminate them. We see the same process of extermination amongst
our domesticated productions, through the selection of improved forms by
man. Many curious instances could be given showing how quickly new breeds
of cattle, sheep, and other animals, and varieties of flowers, take the
place of older and inferior kinds. In Yorkshire, it is historically known
On the Origin of Species |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath by H. P. Lovecraft: nameless pastimes of the toadlike resident garrison-such pastimes
as give rise to the night-howlings which men fear. After that
had come the landing at ruined Sarkomand and the beginning of
the tortures, whose continuance the present rescue had prevented.
Future plans were next discussed, the three rescued ghouls suggesting
a raid on the jagged rock and the extermination of the toadlike
garrison there. To this, however, the night-gaunts objected; since
the prospect of flying over water did not please them. Most of
the ghouls favoured the design, but were at a loss how to follow
it without the help of the winged night-gaunts. Thereupon Carter,
seeing that they could not navigate the anchored galley, offered
The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath |
