| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from On the Origin of Species by Charles Darwin: likewise occur. It is a rule of high generality that the inhabitants of
each area are related to the inhabitants of the nearest source whence
immigrants might have been derived. We see this in nearly all the plants
and animals of the Galapagos archipelago, of Juan Fernandez, and of the
other American islands being related in the most striking manner to the
plants and animals of the neighbouring American mainland; and those of the
Cape de Verde archipelago and other African islands to the African
mainland. It must be admitted that these facts receive no explanation on
the theory of creation.
The fact, as we have seen, that all past and present organic beings
constitute one grand natural system, with group subordinate to group, and
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Allan Quatermain by H. Rider Haggard: When dinner was over we lit our pipes, and Sir Henry proceeded
to give our host a description of our journey up here, over which
he looked very grave.
'It is evident to me,' he said, 'that those rascally Masai are
following you, and I am very thankful that you have reached this
house in safety. I do not think that they will dare to attack
you here. It is unfortunate, though, that nearly all my men
have gone down to the coast with ivory and goods. There are
two hundred of them in the caravan, and the consequence is that
I have not more than twenty men available for defensive purposes
in case they should attack us. But, still, I will just give
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from A Pair of Blue Eyes by Thomas Hardy: half-an-inch wide, at the very least.'
'Too much,' observed Martin. 'In short, 'tis out of the question
that a human being can be so mournful as black edges half-an-inch
wide. I'm sure people don't feel more than a very narrow border
when they feels most of all.'
'And there are two little girls, are there not?' said Stephen.
'Nice clane little faces!--left motherless now.'
'They used to come to Parson Swancourt's to play with Miss Elfride
when I were there,' said William Worm. 'Ah, they did so's!' The
latter sentence was introduced to add the necessary melancholy to
a remark which, intrinsically, could hardly be made to possess
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