| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Miracle Mongers and Their Methods by Harry Houdini: by drinking plentifully of warm
water and oil, as soon as he left the
company, till he had vomited it all up again.
This anecdote was communicated to the
author of the Journal des Savants by Mr.
Panthot, Doctor of Physics and Member of the
College at Lyons. It appeared at the time
Powell was showing his fire-eating stunts in
London, and the correspondent naively added:
Whether Mr. Powell will take it kindly
of me thus to have published his secret I
Miracle Mongers and Their Methods |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Man in Lower Ten by Mary Roberts Rinehart: bright and cheerful. It was empty.
None of us was comfortable. The place was full of feminine trifles
that made us feel the weakness of our position. Some such instinct
made McKnight suggest division.
"We look like an invading army," he said. "If she's here alone, we
will startle her into a spasm. One of us could take a look around
and - "
"What was that? Didn't you hear something?"
The sound, whatever it had been, was not repeated. We went
awkwardly out into the hall, very uncomfortable, all of us, and
flipped a coin. The choice fell to me, which was right enough,
The Man in Lower Ten |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Great Big Treasury of Beatrix Potter by Beatrix Potter: she became very very angry.
She said that Mr. McGregor
had "done it a purpose."
And Mr. McGregor was very
angry too. One of the rotten
marrows came flying through
the kitchen window, and hit
the youngest Flopsy Bunny.
It was rather hurt.
Then Benjamin and Flopsy
thought that it was time to go
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