| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from On the Origin of Species by Charles Darwin: selection
Cirripedes capable of crossing; carapace aborted; their ovigerous frena;
fossil; larvae of
Clift, Mr., on the succession of types
Climate, effects of, in checking increase of beings; adaptation of, to
organisms
Cobites, intestine of
Cockroach
Collections, palaeontological, poor
Colour, influenced by climate; in relation to attacks by flies
Columba livia, parent of domestic pigeons
On the Origin of Species |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Maggie: A Girl of the Streets by Stephen Crane: at the window had been pulled by a heavy hand and hung by one tack,
dangling to and fro in the draft through the cracks at the sash.
The knots of blue ribbons appeared like violated flowers. The fire
in the stove had gone out. The displaced lids and open doors
showed heaps of sullen grey ashes. The remnants of a meal,
ghastly, like dead flesh, lay in a corner. Maggie's red mother,
stretched on the floor, blasphemed and gave her daughter a bad name.
Chapter VII
An orchestra of yellow silk women and bald-headed men on an
elevated stage near the centre of a great green-hued hall, played
a popular waltz. The place was crowded with people grouped
Maggie: A Girl of the Streets |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Road to Oz by L. Frank Baum: could not be built or cared for without labor, nor could the fruit and
vegetables and other food be provided for the inhabitants to eat. But
no one works more than half his time, and the people of Oz enjoy their
labors as much as they do their play."
"It's wonderful!" declared the shaggy man. "I do hope Ozma will let
me live here."
The chariot, winding through many charming streets, paused before a
building so vast and noble and elegant that even Button-Bright guessed
at once that it was the Royal Palace. Its gardens and ample grounds
were surrounded by a separate wall, not so high or thick as the wall
around the City, but more daintily designed and built all of green
The Road to Oz |
