| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Captain Stormfield by Mark Twain: million miles, and then I could see by the shape of him that I
hadn't even got up to his waistband yet. Why, Peters, WE don't
know anything about comets, down here. If you want to see comets
that ARE comets, you've got to go outside of our solar system -
where there's room for them, you understand. My friend, I've seen
comets out there that couldn't even lay down inside the ORBITS of
our noblest comets without their tails hanging over.
Well, I boomed along another hundred and fifty million miles, and
got up abreast his shoulder, as you may say. I was feeling pretty
fine, I tell you; but just then I noticed the officer of the deck
come to the side and hoist his glass in my direction. Straight off
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Love and Friendship by Jane Austen: or why I weep when I behold his Bride, for too surely this is the
case--. My Freinds are all alarmed for me; They fear my
declining health; they lament my want of spirits; they dread the
effects of both. In hopes of releiving my melancholy, by
directing my thoughts to other objects, they have invited several
of their freinds to spend the Christmas with us. Lady Bridget
Darkwood and her sister-in-law, Miss Jane are expected on Friday;
and Colonel Seaton's family will be with us next week. This is
all most kindly meant by my Uncle and Cousins; but what can the
presence of a dozen indefferent people do to me, but weary and
distress me--. I will not finish my Letter till some of our
Love and Friendship |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Shadow out of Time by H. P. Lovecraft: object in my stark fright - but now I know that the loss was merciful.
I can still believe my whole experience an illusion - especially
if, as I devoutly hope, that hellish abyss is never found.
Wingate
took me to Perth on July 20th, though declining to abandon the
expedition and return home. He stayed with me until the 25th,
when the steamer for Liverpool sailed. Now, in the cabin of the
Empress, I am pondering long and frantically upon the entire matter,
and have decided that my son at least must be informed. It shall
rest with him whether to diffuse the matter more widely.
In
Shadow out of Time |
