| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from A Horse's Tale by Mark Twain: and spectacular parentage, I will bet the odds of a bale of hay to
a bran mash that he looks it. Finally, is he uncertain? That is
the point - is he uncertain? I will leave it to you if you have
ever heard of a more uncertainer dog than what this one is?"
"No, I never have."
"Well, then, he's a reptile. That's settled."
"Why, look here, whatsyourname"
"Last alias, Mongrel."
"A good one, too. I was going to say, you are better educated than
you have been pretending to be. I like cultured society, and I
shall cultivate your acquaintance. Now as to Shekels, whenever you
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Miracle Mongers and Their Methods by Harry Houdini: much to him--and some other things too.
His act had little entertainment to show
as compared with the pain and danger
involved. I do not know what became of him,
but I can guess.
Among the museum attractions of those
years was a man named Wilson who had the
incredible chest expansion of twenty-one
inches. This man would allow a strong leather
strap, about the size of a trunk-strap, to be
buckled round his chest; and then, inflating
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Salome by Oscar Wilde: terrible, si les morts reviennent.
LA VOIX D'IOKANAAN. Ah! l'impudique! la prostituee! Ah! la fille
de Babylone avec ses yeux d'or et ses paupieres dorees! Voici ce
que dit le Seigneur Dieu. Faites venir contre elle une multitude
d'hommes. Que le peuple prenne des pierres et la lapide . . .
HERODIAS. Faites-le taire!
LA VOIX D'IOKANAAN. Que les capitaines de guerre la percent de
leurs epees, qu'ils l'ecrasent sous leurs boucliers.
HERODIAS. Mais, c'est infame.
LA VOIX D'IOKANAAN. C'est ainsi que j'abolirai les crimes de dessus
la terre, et que toutes les femmes apprendront e ne pas imiter les
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