| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Miracle Mongers and Their Methods by Harry Houdini: it is only necessary to overcome the nausea
that results from the metal's touching the
mucous membrane of the pharynx, for there
is an unobstructed passage, large enough to
accommodate several of the thin blades used,
from the mouth to the bottom of the stomach.
This passage is not straight, but the passing
of the sword straightens it. Some throats are
more sensitive than others, but practice will
soon accustom any throat to the passage of
the blade. When a sword with a sharp point
Miracle Mongers and Their Methods |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from On the Origin of Species by Charles Darwin: be explained, the larger genera also tend to break up into smaller genera.
And thus, the forms of life throughout the universe become divided into
groups subordinate to groups.
Chapter III
Struggle for Existence
Bears on natural selection -- The term used in a wide sense -- Geometrical
powers of increase -- Rapid increase of naturalised animals and plants --
Nature of the checks to increase -- Competition universal -- Effects of
climate -- Protection from the number of individuals -- Complex relations
of all animals and plants throughout nature -- Struggle for life most
severe between individuals and varieties of the same species; often severe
On the Origin of Species |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Dawn O'Hara, The Girl Who Laughed by Edna Ferber: will tell me so."
And then I opened it. The words jumped out at me
from the typewritten page. I crushed the paper in my
hands, and rushed into Blackie's little office as I had
been used to doing in the old days. He was at his desk,
pipe in mouth. I shook his shoulder and flourished the
letter wildly, and did a crazy little dance about his
chair.
"They want it! They like it! Not only that, they
want another, as soon as I can get it out. Think of it!"
Blackie removed his pipe from between his teeth and
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