| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from In Darkest England and The Way Out by General William Booth: of excursionists.
Refreshments would be provided at rates very similar to those charged
at our London Food Depots. There would, of course, be greater
facilities in the way of rooms and accommodation generally.
Lodgings for invalids, children, and those requiring to make a short
stay in the place would be supplied at the lowest prices. Beds for
single men and single women could be charged at the low rate of
sixpence a night, and children in proportion, while accommodation of a
suitable character, on very moderate terms, could be arranged for
married people.
No public-houses would be allowed within the precincts of the
In Darkest England and The Way Out |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The $30,000 Bequest and Other Stories by Mark Twain: article in the SATURDAY REVIEW of October 8th, which, on comparison,
will be found to be identical with the one published in THE GALAXY.
The best thing for Mark to do will be to admit that he was sold,
and say no more about it.
The above is from the Cincinnati ENQUIRER, and is a falsehood.
Come to the proof. If the ENQUIRER people, through any agent,
will produce at THE GALAXY office a London SATURDAY REVIEW
of October 8th, containing an "article which, on comparison,
will be found to be identical with the one published in THE GALAXY,
I will pay to that agent five hundred dollars cash. Moreover, if at
any specified time I fail to produce at the same place a copy
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Shadow out of Time by H. P. Lovecraft: In 1909 I spent a month in the Himalayas,
and in 1911 roused much attention through a camel trip into the
unknown deserts of Arabia. What happened on those journeys I have
never been able to learn.
During the summer of l9l2 I chartered
a ship and sailed in the Arctic, north of Spitzbergen, afterward
showing signs of disappointment.
Later in that year I spent
weeks - alone beyond the limits of previous or subsequent exploration
in the vast limestone cavern systems of western Virginia - black
labyrinths so complex that no retracing of my steps could even
Shadow out of Time |
