| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Damnation of Theron Ware by Harold Frederic: achievement up to date--having the most celebrated of New
York physicians brought up to Octavius by special train--
still prickled in her blood. It was in all the papers,
and the admiration of the flatterers and "soft-sawdherers"--
wives of Irish merchants and smaller professional men
who formed her social circle--was raising visions in her
poor head of going next year with Theodore to Saratoga,
and fastening the attention of the whole fashionable
republic upon the variety and resources of her invalidism.
Mrs. Madden's fancy did not run to the length of seeing
her step-daughter also at Saratoga; it pictured her still
The Damnation of Theron Ware |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Democracy In America, Volume 1 by Alexis de Toqueville: of the globe.
The practical part of a Government must not be judged by the
theory of its constitution. The President of the United States
is in the possession of almost royal prerogatives, which he has
no opportunity of exercising; and those privileges which he can
at present use are very circumscribed. The laws allow him to
possess a degree of influence which circumstances do not permit
him to employ.
On the other hand, the great strength of the royal
prerogative in France arises from circumstances far more than
from the laws. There the executive government is constantly
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Call of Cthulhu by H. P. Lovecraft: Eagerly clearing the sheet
of its precious contents, I scanned the item in detail; and was
disappointed to find it of only moderate length. What it suggested,
however, was of portentous significance to my flagging quest;
and I carefully tore it out for immediate action. It read as follows:
MYSTERY DERELICT FOUND AT SEA
Vigilant Arrives With Helpless
Armed New Zealand Yacht in Tow. One Survivor and Dead Man Found
Aboard. Tale of Desperate Battle and Deaths at Sea. Rescued Seaman
Refuses Particulars of Strange Experience. Odd Idol Found in His
Possession. Inquiry to Follow.
Call of Cthulhu |
