| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from In Darkest England and The Way Out by General William Booth: success which I so confidently predict, and which we all must so
ardently desire, still there is bound to be, not only the satisfaction
of having attempted some sort of deliverance for these wretched people,
but certain results which will amply repay every farthing expended in
the experiment.
I am now sixty-one years of age. The last eighteen months, during
which the continual partner of all my activities for now nearly forty
years has laid in the arms of unspeakable suffering, has added more
than many many former ones, to the exhaustion of my term of service.
I feel already something of the pressure which led the dying Emperor of
Germany to say, "I have no time to be weary." If I am to see the
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from When a Man Marries by Mary Roberts Rinehart: twenty-four hours and then--the necklace, if you please, miss."
Chapter XVII. A CLASH AND A KISS
The clash that came that evening had been threatening for some
time. Take an immovable body, represented by Mr. Harbison and his
square jaw, and an irresistible force, Jimmy and his weight, and
there is bound to be trouble.
The real fault was Jim's. He had gone entirely mad again over
Bella, and thrown prudence to the winds. He mooned at her across
the dinner table, and waylaid her on the stairs or in the back
halls, just to hear her voice when she ordered him out of her
way. He telephoned for flowers and candy for her quite
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Faraday as a Discoverer by John Tyndall: hear!'--Proceedings of the Royal Institution, vol. ii. p. 132.
[2] In 1838 he expresses himself thus:--'The word current is so
expressive in common language that when applied in the consideration
of electrical phenomena, we can hardly divest it sufficiently of its
meaning, or prevent our minds from being prejudiced by it.'--
Exp. Resear., vol. i. p. 515. ($ 1617.)
[3] This conclusion needs qualification. Faraday overlooked the
part played by ozone.
Chapter 7.
Origin of power in the voltaic pile.
In one of the public areas of the town of Como stands a statue with
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