| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from From the Earth to the Moon by Jules Verne: passed the atmospheric strata, for the diffused light spread in
the air would have been reflected on the metal walls, which
reflection was wanting. This light would have lit the window,
and the window was dark. Doubt was no longer possible; the
travelers had left the earth.
"I have lost," said Nicholl.
"I congratulate you," replied Ardan.
"Here are the nine thousand dollars," said the captain, drawing
a roll of paper dollars from his pocket.
"Will you have a receipt for it?" asked Barbicane, taking the sum.
"If you do not mind," answered Nicholl; "it is more business-like."
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Octopus by Frank Norris: chatter of a multitude of women, found its way to the deserted
library.
"I believe it's worth looking into, Governor," asserted Harran.
Magnus rose, and, his hands behind him, paced the floor of the
library a couple of times, his imagination all stimulated and
vivid. The great gambler perceived his Chance, the kaleidoscopic
shifting of circumstances that made a Situation. It had come
silently, unexpectedly. He had not seen its approach. Abruptly
he woke one morning to see the combination realised. But also he
saw a vision. A sudden and abrupt revolution in the Wheat. A
new world of markets discovered, the matter as important as the
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Tarzan the Untamed by Edgar Rice Burroughs: quarry was upwind from him, thus taking practically all the
advantage up to the very moment that he came within sight
or hearing; but in the stalking of the dull clod, man, he ap-
proached with almost contemptuous indifference, so that all
the jungle about him knew that he was passing -- all but the
men he stalked.
From the dense foliage of a great tree he watched them
pass -- a disreputable mob of blacks, some garbed in the uni-
form of German East African native troops, others wearing a
single garment of the same uniform, while many had reverted
to the simple dress of their forbears -- approximating nudity.
Tarzan the Untamed |
