| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from A Book of Remarkable Criminals by H. B. Irving: sentence, and conveyed by an early morning train to Sheffield.
There at the Town Hall he appeared before the stipendiary
magistrate, and was charged with the murder of Arthur Dyson.
When he saw Mrs. Dyson enter the witness box and tell her story
of the crime, he must have realised that his case was desperate.
Her cross-examination was adjourned to the next hearing, and
Peace was taken back to London. On the 22nd, the day of the
second hearing in Sheffield, an enormous crowd had assembled
outside the Town Hall. Inside the court an anxious and expectant
audiience{sic}, among them Mrs. Dyson, in the words of a con-
temporary reporter, "stylish and cheerful," awaited the
A Book of Remarkable Criminals |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Common Sense by Thomas Paine: and worshipped into the bargain! Of more worth is one honest man
to society and in the sight of God, than all the crowned ruffians
that ever lived.
THOUGHTS ON THE PRESENT STATE OF AMERICAN AFFAIRS
In the following pages I offer nothing more than simple facts,
plain arguments, and common sense; and have no other Preliminaries
to settle with the reader, than that he will divest himself of prejudice
and prepossession, and suffer his reason and his feelings to determine
for themselves; that he will put ON, or rather that he will not put OFF
the true character of a man, and generously enlarge his views beyond
the present day.
Common Sense |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Underground City by Jules Verne: Do you regret that time?"
"I do regret it, Mr. Starr," answered Harry. "The work was hard,
but it was interesting, as are all struggles."
"No doubt, my lad. A continuous struggle against the dangers
of landslips, fires, inundations, explosions of firedamp, like claps
of thunder. One had to guard against all those perils! You say well!
It was a struggle, and consequently an exciting life."
"The miners of Alva have been more favored than the miners
of Aberfoyle, Mr. Starr!"
"Ay, Harry, so they have," replied the engineer.
"Indeed," cried the young man, "it's a pity that all the globe
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