| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Ten Years Later by Alexandre Dumas: Buckingham, haughtily.
"Perfectly so; I therefore repeat it: I alone command here,
all yield obedience to me; the sea and the winds, the ships
and men too." This remark was made in a dignified and
authoritative manner. Raoul observed its effect upon
Buckingham, who trembled with anger from head to foot, and
leaned against one of the poles of the tent to prevent
himself falling; his eyes became suffused with blood, and
the hand which he did not need for his support wandered
towards the hilt of his sword.
"My lord," said the queen, "permit me to observe that I
Ten Years Later |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving: the church bridge was at hand. The wavering reflection of a
silver star in the bosom of the brook told him that he was not
mistaken. He saw the walls of the church dimly glaring under the
trees beyond. He recollected the place where Brom Bones' ghostly
competitor had disappeard. "If I can but reach that bridge,"
thought Ichabod, " I am safe." Just then he heard the black steed
panting and blowing close behind him; he even fancied that he
felt his hot breath. Another convulsive kick in the ribs, and old
Gunpowder sprang upon the bridge; he thundered over the
resounding planks; he gained the opposite side; and now Ichabod
cast a look behind to see if his pursuer should vanish, according
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from U. S. Project Trinity Report by Carl Maag and Steve Rohrer: preparations for a field test in which blast, earth shock, neutron and
gamma radiation would be studied and complete photographic records
made of the explosion and any atmospheric phenomena connected with the
explosion" (13). Dr. Oppenheimer chose the name TRINITY for the
project in September 1944 (12).
1.2 THE PROJECT TRINITY SITE
The TRINITY site was chosen by Manhattan Project scientists after
thorough study of eight different sites. The site selected was an
area measuring 29 by 39 kilometers* in the northwest corner of the
Alamogordo Bombing Range. The Alamogordo Bombing Range was located in
a desert in south-central New Mexico called the Jornada del Muerto
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