| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from On the Origin of Species by Charles Darwin: Wheat, varieties of
White Mountains, flora of
Wings, reduction of size
Wings of insects homologous with branchiae; rudimentary, in insects
Wolf crossed with dog; of Falkland Isles
Wollaston, Mr., on varieties of insects; on fossil varieties of land-shells
in Madeira; on colours of insects on sea-shore; on wingless beetles; on
rarity of intermediate varieties; on insular insects; on land-shells of
Madeira, naturalised
Wolves, varieties of
Woodpecker, habits of; green colour of
On the Origin of Species |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad: that such a life should be sacrificed to leave nothing--but sorrow.
You know what vast plans he had. I knew of them, too--I could not
perhaps understand--but others knew of them. Something must remain.
His words, at least, have not died.'
"`His words will remain,' I said.
"`And his example,' she whispered to herself. `Men looked up to him--
his goodness shone in every act. His example--'
"`True,' I said; `his example, too. Yes, his example.
I forgot that.'
"But I do not. I cannot--I cannot believe--not yet.
I cannot believe that I shall never see him again, that nobody
Heart of Darkness |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Case of the Registered Letter by Grace Isabel Colbron and Augusta Groner: was only by a great effort that I could remember the incident at all."
"And has it not struck you as rather peculiar that this friend, the
one to whom the cordial letter was addressed, did not come forward
and make his identity known? G- is a city, it is true, but it is
not a very large city, and any man being on terms of intimate
acquaintance with one who was murdered would be apt to come forward
in the hope of throwing some light on the mystery."
"Why, yes, I had not thought of that. It is peculiar, is it not?
But some people are so foolishly afraid of having anything to do
with the police, you know."
"That is very true, Miss Roemer. Still it is a queer incident and
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