| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Street of Seven Stars by Mary Roberts Rinehart: have throttled me. I deserve it. I'm a theorist, pure and simple,
and theorists are the anarchists of society. There's only one
comfort about us--we never live up to our convictions. Now forget
all this rot I've been talking."
Peter brought up the mail that afternoon, a Christmas card or two
for Anna, depressingly early, and a letter from the Big Soprano
for Harmony from New York. The Big Soprano was very glad to be
back and spent two pages over her chances for concert work.
". . . I could have done as well had I stayed at home. If I had
had the money they wanted, to go to Geneva and sing 'Brunnhilde,'
it would have helped a lot. I could have said I'd sung in opera
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Master of the World by Jules Verne: the fresh young verdure of the countryside.
An entire world animated the woods through which we passed. From
before our equipage fled squirrels, field-mice, parroquets of
brilliant colors and deafening loquacity. Opossums passed in hurried
leaps, bearing their young in their pouches. Myriads of birds were
scattered amid the foliage of banyans, palms, and masses of
rhododendrons, so luxuriant that their thickets were impenetrable.
We arrived that evening at Pleasant Garden, where we were comfortably
located for the night with the mayor of the town, a particular friend
of Mr. Smith. Pleasant Garden proved little more than a village; but
its mayor gave us a warm and generous reception, and we supped
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Great God Pan by Arthur Machen: before their eyes, and the cry of "Mysterious Death of a
Nobleman" came ringing up from the street. But there stood the
brief paragraph: "Lord Argentine was found dead this morning by
his valet under distressing circumstances. It is stated that
there can be no doubt that his lordship committed suicide,
though no motive can be assigned for the act. The deceased
nobleman was widely known in society, and much liked for his
genial manner and sumptuous hospitality. He is succeeded by,"
etc., etc.
By slow degrees the details came to light, but the case
still remained a mystery. The chief witness at the inquest was
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