| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Journey to the Center of the Earth by Jules Verne: have arrived at the limit of the terrestrial crust, for there the
temperature will be more than 2372 degrees."
"Are you afraid of being put into a state of fusion?"
"I will leave you to decide that question," I answered rather
sullenly. "This is my decision," replied Professor Liedenbrock,
putting on one of his grandest airs. "Neither you nor anybody else
knows with any certainty what is going on in the interior of this
globe, since not the twelve thousandth part of its radius is known;
science is eminently perfectible; and every new theory is soon routed
by a newer. Was it not always believed until Fourier that the
temperature of the interplanetary spaces decreased perpetually? and
Journey to the Center of the Earth |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Almayer's Folly by Joseph Conrad: the expression of his guest's countenance, he turned his head and
saw Nina standing in the doorway.
After Mrs. Almayer's retreat from the field of battle, Nina, with
a contemptuous exclamation, "It's only a trader," had lifted the
conquered curtain and now stood in full light, framed in the dark
background on the passage, her lips slightly parted, her hair in
disorder after the exertion, the angry gleam not yet faded out of
her glorious and sparkling eyes. She took in at a glance the
group of white-clad lancemen standing motionless in the shadow of
the far-off end of the verandah, and her gaze rested curiously on
the chief of that imposing cortege. He stood, almost facing her,
Almayer's Folly |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Works of Samuel Johnson by Samuel Johnson: WHEN Aristotle was once asked, what a man
could gain by uttering falsehoods? he replied,
"Not to be credited when he shall tell the truth."
The character of a liar is at once so hateful and
contemptible, that even of those who have lost
their virtue it might be expected that from the
violation of truth they should be restrained by
their pride. Almost every other vice that disgraces
human nature, may be kept in countenance by
applause and association: the corrupter of virgin
innocence sees himself envied by the men, and at
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