| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath by H. P. Lovecraft: but the captain apologized for their fears, saying that the ship
was about to pass over the weedy walls and broken columns of a
sunken city too old for memory, and that when the water was clear
one could see so many moving shadows in that deep place that simple
folk disliked it. He admitted, moreover, that many ships had been
lost in that part of the sea; having been hailed when quite close
to it, but never seen again.
That night the moon was very bright,
and one could see a great way down in the water. There was so
little wind that the ship could not move much, and the ocean was
very calm. Looking over the rail Carter saw many fathoms deep
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Scaramouche by Rafael Sabatini: worthy?"
And then before she could add a word, M. de Kercadiou came
blustering through the window, his spectacles on his forehead, his
face inflamed, waving in his hand "The Acts of the Apostles," and
apparently reduced to speechlessness.
Had the Marquis expressed himself aloud he would have been profane.
As it was he bit his lip in vexation at this most inopportune
interruption.
Aline sprang up, alarmed by her uncle's agitation.
"What has happened?"
"Happened?" He found speech at last. "The scoundrel! The
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Protagoras by Plato: purpose of our visit.
And what is your purpose? he said.
I must explain, I said, that my friend Hippocrates is a native Athenian; he
is the son of Apollodorus, and of a great and prosperous house, and he is
himself in natural ability quite a match for anybody of his own age. I
believe that he aspires to political eminence; and this he thinks that
conversation with you is most likely to procure for him. And now you can
determine whether you would wish to speak to him of your teaching alone or
in the presence of the company.
Thank you, Socrates, for your consideration of me. For certainly a
stranger finding his way into great cities, and persuading the flower of
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