| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Miracle Mongers and Their Methods by Harry Houdini: nothing but the luke-warm water out of
the pail; but he saves the rose-water in the
glass, and holding his hand in an indirect
way, the people believe, observing the
water dropping from his fingers, that it is
nothing but the water out of the pail.
After this he will drink four or five glasses
more out of the pail, and then comes up
the rose-water, to the admiration of the
beholders. You are to understand, that
the heat of his body working with his
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Aeroplanes and Dirigibles of War by Frederick A. Talbot: those disasters which have occurred when the vessel has suddenly
exploded before coming into contact with terrestrial
obstructions.
In the later vessels of this type the wireless installation is
housed in a well insulated compartment. This insulation has been
carried, to an extreme degree, which indicates that at last the
authorities have recognised the serious menace that wireless
offers to the safety of the craft, with the result that every
protective device to avoid disaster from this cause has been
freely adopted.
The fact that it is not possible to maintain cornmunication over
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery: Anne went to work with skill and promptness.
"Minnie May has croup all right; she's pretty bad, but I've seen
them worse. First we must have lots of hot water. I declare,
Diana, there isn't more than a cupful in the kettle! There, I've
filled it up, and, Mary Joe, you may put some wood in the stove.
I don't want to hurt your feelings but it seems to me you might
have thought of this before if you'd any imagination. Now, I'll
undress Minnie May and put her to bed and you try to find some
soft flannel cloths, Diana. I'm going to give her a dose of
ipecac first of all."
Minnie May did not take kindly to the ipecac but Anne had not
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