| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from At the Mountains of Madness by H. P. Lovecraft: The hollowed layer was
not more than seven or eight feet deep but extended off indefinitely
in all directions and had a fresh, slightly moving air which suggested
its membership in an extensive subterranean system. Its roof and
floor were abundantly equipped with large stalactites and stalagmites,
some of which met in columnar form: but important above all else
was the vast deposit of shells and bones, which in places nearly
choked the passage. Washed down from unknown jungles of Mesozoic
tree ferns and fungi, and forests of Tertiary cycads, fan palms,
and primitive angiosperms, this osseous medley contained representatives
of more Cretaceous, Eocene, and other animal species than the
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Cruise of the Jasper B. by Don Marquis: whatever danger there may be." She spoke heatedly.
In her heat and impulsiveness and generous bravery Cleggett
thought her adorable, although he began to get really angry with
her, too. At the same time he was aware that her gratitude to
him was such that she was on fire to give him some positive and
early proof of it. It had not so much as occurred to her to
enjoy immunity on account of her sex; it had not entered her
mind, apparently, that her sex was an obstacle in the way of
participating in whatever dangerous enterprise he had planned.
She was, in fact, behaving like a chivalric but obstinate boy;
she had not been a militant suffragette for nothing. And yet,
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Mistress Wilding by Rafael Sabatini: know them."
"It is what I am endeavouring to do, Your Grace," protested Wilding, a
note of despair in his voice. "Perhaps some other gentleman will put
forward better counsel than mine."
"Aye! In Heaven's name let us hope so," snorted Grey; and Monmouth,
catching the sudden flash of Mr. Wilding's eye, set a hand upon his
lordship's arm as if to urge him to be gentler. But he continued, "When
men talk of striking terror by sudden movements they build on air."
"I had hardly thought to hear that from your lordship," said Mr.
Wilding, and he permitted himself that tight-lipped smile that gave his
face so wicked a look.
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