| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from From the Earth to the Moon by Jules Verne: "And what is the solar heat?" asked Michel.
"It is equal to that produced by the combustion of a stratum of
coal surrounding the sun to a depth of forty-seven miles."
"And that heat----"
"Would be able to boil two billions nine hundred millions of
cubic myriameters [2] of water."
[2] The myriameter is equal to rather more than 10,936
cubic yards English.
"And it does not roast us!" exclaimed Michel.
"No," replied Barbicane, "because the terrestrial atmosphere
absorbs four-tenths of the solar heat; besides, the quantity of
From the Earth to the Moon |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Thuvia, Maid of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs: he held his sword point ready on a line with the
beast's chest. It was all that he could do, hoping that
chance might send the point into the savage heart as he
went down beneath the great body.
So quickly was the thing over that Carthoris could
scarce believe his senses as the mighty body rushed
madly past him. Either he had not placed himself in the
centre of the tunnel, or else the blinded banth had
erred in its calculations.
However, the huge body missed him by a foot,
and the creature continued on down the tunnel as
Thuvia, Maid of Mars |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from A Personal Record by Joseph Conrad: sooner or later."
"Sooner or later! That's all very fine, but what about my canvas
sling?--he's carried it off. I want it now, at once, to land two
Celebes cows."
Since Dongola we had on board a pair of the pretty little island
cattle in addition to the pony. Tied up on the other side of the
fore-deck they had been whisking their tails into the other door
of the galley. These cows were not for Almayer, however; they
were invoiced to Abdullah bin Selim, his enemy. Almayer's
disregard of my requirements was complete.
"If I were you I would try to find out where he's gone," I
A Personal Record |
