| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from War and the Future by H. G. Wells: war's ultimate absurdity is completed.
For forty years Frankenstein Germany invoked war, turned every
development of material and social science to aggressive ends,
and at last when she felt the time was ripe she let loose the new
monster that she had made of war to cow the spirit of mankind.
She set the thing trampling through Belgium. She cannot grumble
if at last it comes home, stranger and more dreadful even than
she made it, trampling the German towns and fields with German
blood upon it and its eyes towards Berlin.
This logical development of the Tank idea may seem a gloomy
prospect for mankind. But it is open to question whether the
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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: or will you take some of mine, which is
laid on that table?'' Mr. Smith, walked
up to the table, and pulling a vial bottle
out of his pocket, offered it to the poison-
swallower.
Fire-king--``I ask you, on your honor
as a gentleman, is this genuine unmixed
poison?''
Mr. Smith--``It is, upon my honor.''
Fire-king--``Is there any medical
gentleman here who will examine it?''
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Silas Marner by George Eliot: long life and a happy New Year. And wishing the same to you,
Mr. Lammeter, sir; and to the other gentlemen, and the madams, and
the young lasses."
As Solomon uttered the last words, he bowed in all directions
solicitously, lest he should be wanting in due respect. But
thereupon he immediately began to prelude, and fell into the tune
which he knew would be taken as a special compliment by
Mr. Lammeter.
"Thank ye, Solomon, thank ye," said Mr. Lammeter when the fiddle
paused again. "That's "Over the hills and far away", that is. My
father used to say to me, whenever we heard that tune, "Ah, lad, _I_
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