| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from On the Origin of Species by Charles Darwin: of birds do not secrete gastric juice, and do not in the least injure, as I
know by trial, the germination of seeds; now after a bird has found and
devoured a large supply of food, it is positively asserted that all the
grains do not pass into the gizzard for 12 or even 18 hours. A bird in
this interval might easily be blown to the distance of 500 miles, and hawks
are known to look out for tired birds, and the contents of their torn crops
might thus readily get scattered. Mr. Brent informs me that a friend of
his had to give up flying carrier-pigeons from France to England, as the
hawks on the English coast destroyed so many on their arrival. Some hawks
and owls bolt their prey whole, and after an interval of from twelve to
twenty hours, disgorge pellets, which, as I know from experiments made in
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Pool of Blood in the Pastor's Study by Grace Isabel Colbron and Augusta Groner: instead of being, as now, utilised for the public good.
Then, the red tape and bureaucratic etiquette which attaches to
every governmental department, puts the secret service men of the
Imperial police on a par with the lower ranks of the subordinates.
Muller's official rank is scarcely much higher than that of a
policeman, although kings and councillors consult him and the
Police Department realises to the full what a treasure it has in
him. But official red tape, and his early misfortune ... prevent
the giving of any higher official standing to even such a genius.
Born and bred to such conditions, Muller understands them, and
his natural modesty of disposition asks for no outward honours,
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The First Men In The Moon by H. G. Wells: grave difficulty. I am no scientific expert, and if I were to attempt to
set forth in the highly scientific language of Mr. Cavor the aim to which
his experiments tended, I am afraid I should confuse not only the reader
but myself, and almost certainly I should make some blunder that would
bring upon me the mockery of every up-to-date student of mathematical
physics in the country. The best thing I can do therefore is, I think to
give my impressions in my own inexact language, without any attempt to
wear a garment of knowledge to which I have no claim.
The object of Mr. Cavor's search was a substance that should be "opaque "
- he used some other word I have forgotten, but "opaque" conveys the idea
- to "all forms of radiant energy." "Radiant energy," he made me
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