| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Herbert West: Reanimator by H. P. Lovecraft: work soon after midnight.
It was a repulsive task that we undertook
in the black small hours, even though we lacked at that time the
special horror of graveyards which later experiences brought to
us. We carried spades and oil dark lanterns, for although electric
torches were then manufactured, they were not as satisfactory
as the tungsten contrivances of today. The process of unearthing
was slow and sordid -- it might have been gruesomely poetical
if we had been artists instead of scientists -- and we were glad
when our spades struck wood. When the pine box was fully uncovered,
West scrambled down and removed the lid, dragging out and propping
Herbert West: Reanimator |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from American Notes by Rudyard Kipling: ceased to foam on the floor, such another and four friends with
him had shrieked and died. But a pig is only the unclean
animal--the forbidden of the prophet.
VI
The American Army
I SHOULD very much like to deliver a dissertation on the American
army and the possibilities of its extension. You see, it is such
a beautiful little army, and the dear people don't quite
understand what to do with it. The theory is that it is an
instructional nucleus round which the militia of the country will
rally, and from which they will get a stiffening in time of
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Forged Coupon by Leo Tolstoy: aimed so violent a blow at his face that he
smashed his nose and the blood spurted out.
"Tell the truth, I say, or I'll kill you!"
Ivan Mironov kept silent, trying to avoid the
blows by stooping. Stepan hit him twice more
with his long arm. Ivan Mironov remained
silent, turning his head backwards and forwards.
"Beat him, all of you!" cried the bailiff, and
the whole crowd rushed upon Ivan Mironov. He
fell without a word to the ground, and then
shouted,--
The Forged Coupon |
