| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Bride of Lammermoor by Walter Scott: daughters, in the style of Rubens, which suddenly appeared in the
best parlour, it was evident that Dick had found some mode of
bartering art for the necessaries of life.
Nothing, however, is more precarious than resources of this
nature. It was observed that Dick became in his turn the
whetstone of mine host's wit, without venturing either at defence
or retaliation; that his easel was transferred to a garret0room,
in which there was scarce space for it to stand upright; and that
he no longer ventured to join the weekly club, of which he had
been once the life and soul. In short, Dick Tinto's friends
feared that he had acted like the animal called the sloth, which,
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Mysterious Island by Jules Verne: very heavy, but the wind was terrific.
However, one circumstance favored the seaman and his two companions. The
wind being southeast, consequently blew on their backs. The clouds of sand,
which otherwise would have been insupportable, from being received behind,
did not in consequence impede their progress. In short, they sometimes went
faster than they liked, and had some difficulty in keeping their feet; but
hope gave them strength, for it was not at random that they made their way
along the shore. They had no doubt that Neb had found his master, and that
he had sent them the faithful dog. But was the engineer living, or had Neb
only sent for his companions that they might render the last duties to the
corpse of the unfortunate Harding?
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from U. S. Project Trinity Report by Carl Maag and Steve Rohrer: For sale by National Technical Information Service, Springfield, VA
22161.
The Defense Nuclear Agency Action Officer, Lt. Col. H. L. Reese,
USAF, under whom this work was done, wishes to acknowledge the
research and editing contribution of numerous reviewers in the
military services and other organizations in addition to those writers
listed in block 7.
19. KEY WORDS (Continue on reverse side if necessary and Identify by
block number):
TRINITY
Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory
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