| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Call of Cthulhu by H. P. Lovecraft: which had at the time of its issuance been avidly collecting material
for my uncle's research.
I had largely given over my inquiries
into what Professor Angell called the "Cthulhu Cult", and was
visiting a learned friend in Paterson, New Jersey; the curator
of a local museum and a mineralogist of note. Examining one day
the reserve specimens roughly set on the storage shelves in a
rear room of the museum, my eye was caught by an odd picture in
one of the old papers spread beneath the stones. It was the Sydney
Bulletin I have mentioned, for my friend had wide affiliations
in all conceivable foreign parts; and the picture was a half-tone
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle: would, I should think, fit you very well. Then, as to sitting
here or there,or amusing yourself in any manner indicated, that
need cause you no inconvenience. As regards your hair, it is no
doubt a pity, especially as I could not help remarking its beauty
during our short interview, but I am afraid that I must remain
firm upon this point, and I only hope that the increased salary
may recompense you for the loss. Your duties, as far as the child
is concerned, are very light. Now do try to come, and I shall
meet you with the dog-cart at Winchester. Let me know your train.
"Yours faithfully, JEPHRO RUCASTLE.'
"That is the letter which I have just received, Mr. Holmes, and
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from On the Origin of Species by Charles Darwin: at different heights on the Himalaya, were found in this country to possess
different constitutional powers of resisting cold. Mr. Thwaites informs me
that he has observed similar facts in Ceylon, and analogous observations
have been made by Mr. H. C. Watson on European species of plants brought
from the Azores to England. In regard to animals, several authentic cases
could be given of species within historical times having largely extended
their range from warmer to cooler latitudes, and conversely; but we do not
positively know that these animals were strictly adapted to their native
climate, but in all ordinary cases we assume such to be the case; nor do we
know that they have subsequently become acclimatised to their new homes.
As I believe that our domestic animals were originally chosen by
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