| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Whirligigs by O. Henry: "And there's another mistalze you've made," said the
burglar. "You should have gone some time ago and
brought me the $9 gold piece your mother gave you on
your birthday to take to Bessie."
"But she didn't give it to me to take to Bessie," said
Tommy, pouting.
"Come, come!" said the burglar, sternly. "It's not
nice of you to take advantage because the story contains
an ambiguous sentence. You know what I mean. It's
mighty little I get out of these fictional jobs, anyhow. I
lose all the loot, and I have to reform every time; and all
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from At the Earth's Core by Edgar Rice Burroughs: slaves they bring to take part in it."
As Ja talked I had an excellent opportunity to inspect him
more closely. He was a huge fellow, standing I should say
six feet six or seven inches, well developed and of a coppery
red not unlike that of our own North American Indian,
nor were his features dissimilar to theirs. He had
the aquiline nose found among many of the higher tribes,
the prominent cheek bones, and black hair and eyes,
but his mouth and lips were better molded. All in all,
Ja was an impressive and handsome creature, and he talked
well too, even in the miserable makeshift language we
At the Earth's Core |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from On the Origin of Species by Charles Darwin: are accumulated by natural selection for the good of the being, will cause
other modifications, often of the most unexpected nature.
As we see that those variations which under domestication appear at any
particular period of life, tend to reappear in the offspring at the same
period;--for instance, in the seeds of the many varieties of our culinary
and agricultural plants; in the caterpillar and cocoon stages of the
varieties of the silkworm; in the eggs of poultry, and in the colour of the
down of their chickens; in the horns of our sheep and cattle when nearly
adult;--so in a state of nature, natural selection will be enabled to act
on and modify organic beings at any age, by the accumulation of profitable
variations at that age, and by their inheritance at a corresponding age.
On the Origin of Species |
