| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Secret Places of the Heart by H. G. Wells: addition, he read into his imperfect memory of the doctor's
face, an expression of protruded curiosity. What was all this
problem of motives and inclinations that they were "going
into" so gaily? He had merely consulted the doctor on a
simple, straightforward need for a nervous tonic--that was
what he had needed--a tonic. Instead he had engaged himself
for--he scarcely knew what--an indiscreet, indelicate, and
altogether undesirable experiment in confidences.
Both men were considerably reassured when at last they set
eyes on each other again. Indeed each was surprised to find
something almost agreeable in the appearance of the other.
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Jungle by Upton Sinclair: and no more coal to buy, and another room warm enough to put the
children into when they cried, and enough money to get along from
week to week with, Jurgis was less terrible than he had been.
A man can get used to anything in the course of time, and Jurgis
had gotten used to lying about the house. Ona saw this, and was
very careful not to destroy his peace of mind, by letting him know
how very much pain she was suffering. It was now the time of the
spring rains, and Ona had often to ride to her work, in spite of
the expense; she was getting paler every day, and sometimes, in spite
of her good resolutions, it pained her that Jurgis did not notice it.
She wondered if he cared for her as much as ever, if all this misery
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Enemies of Books by William Blades: is just the same as when two leaves of parchment occur here and there
in a paper volume, viz.: strength--strength to resist the lug
which the strong thread makes against the middle of each section.
These slips represent old books destroyed, and like the slips
already noticed, should always be carefully examined.
When valuable books have been evil-entreated, when they have become
soiled by dirty hands, or spoiled by water stains, or injured
by grease spots, nothing is more astonishing to the uninitiated than
the transformation they undergo in the hands of a skilful restorer.
The covers are first carefully dissected, the eye of the operator
keeping a careful outlook for any fragments of old MSS.
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