| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Vailima Letters by Robert Louis Stevenson: months alone, and it has been very pleasant. But by to-
morrow or next day noon, we shall see the whole clan
assembled again about Vailima table, which will be pleasant
too; seven persons in all, and the Babel of voices will be
heard again in the big hall so long empty and silent. Good-
bye. Love to all. Time to close. - Yours ever,
R. L. S.
CHAPTER XLI
JULY, 1894.
MY DEAR COLVIN, - I have to thank you this time for a very
good letter, and will announce for the future, though I
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from At the Earth's Core by Edgar Rice Burroughs: by this time, to the eating of food in its natural state,
though I still balked on the eyes and entrails,
much to the amusement of Ghak, to whom I always passed
these delicacies.
Crouching beside the brook, I waited until one of the
diminutive purple whales rose to nibble at the long
grasses which overhung the water, and then, like the beast
of prey that man really is, I sprang upon my victim,
appeasing my hunger while he yet wriggled to escape.
Then I drank from the clear pool, and after washing my hands
and face continued my flight. Above the source of the brook
At the Earth's Core |
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: above earth, with only space and death on one side and only slippery
walls of rock on the other, he knew for a moment the fear that
makes men shun Ngranek's hidden side. He could not turn round,
yet the sun was already low. If there were no way aloft, the night
would find him crouching there still, and the dawn would not find
him at all.
But there was a way, and he saw it in due season.
Only a very expert dreamer could have used those imperceptible
footholds, yet to Carter they were sufficient. Surmounting now
the outward-hanging rock, he found the slope above much easier
than that below, since a great glacier's melting had left a generous
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