| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from At the Mountains of Madness by H. P. Lovecraft: supply. Accordingly he removed the specimen and dragged in one
which, though having remnants of the starfish arrangements at
both ends, was badly crushed and partly disrupted along one of
the great torso furrows.
Results, quickly reported over the
wireless, were baffling and provocative indeed. Nothing like delicacy
or accuracy was possible with instruments hardly able to cut the
anomalous tissue, but the little that was achieved left us all
awed and bewildered. Existing biology would have to be wholly
revised, for this thing was no product of any cell growth science
knows about. There had been scarcely any mineral replacement,
At the Mountains of Madness |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Apology by Plato: child; it always forbids but never commands me to do anything which I am
going to do. This is what deters me from being a politician. And rightly,
as I think. For I am certain, O men of Athens, that if I had engaged in
politics, I should have perished long ago, and done no good either to you
or to myself. And do not be offended at my telling you the truth: for the
truth is, that no man who goes to war with you or any other multitude,
honestly striving against the many lawless and unrighteous deeds which are
done in a state, will save his life; he who will fight for the right, if he
would live even for a brief space, must have a private station and not a
public one.
I can give you convincing evidence of what I say, not words only, but what
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Falk by Joseph Conrad: the big carpenter. He had been the best man of
the lot, helpful and ready as long as there was
anything to do, the longest hopeful, and had
preserved to the last some vigour and decision of
mind.
They did not speak to each other. Henceforth
no voices were to be heard conversing sadly on
board that ship. After a time the carpenter tot-
tered away forward; but later on, Falk going to
drink at the fresh-water pump, had the inspiration
to turn his head. The carpenter had stolen upon
Falk |
