| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Shadow out of Time by H. P. Lovecraft: of -"
Nathaniel Wingate Peaslee had come back - a spirit in
whose time scale it was still Thursday morning in 1908, with the
economics class gazing up at the battered desk on the platform.
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My reabsorption into normal life was a painful and difficult
process. The loss of over five years creates more complications
than can be imagined, and in my case there were countless matters
to be adjusted.
What I heard of my actions since 1908 astonished
and disturbed me, but I tried to view the matter as philosophically
Shadow out of Time |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Off on a Comet by Jules Verne: mysterious document, there were no means of judging;
the extent of diminution in the apparent disc of the sun did
not afford sufficient basis even for an approximate calculation;
and Captain Servadac was perpetually regretting that they could
receive no further tidings from the anonymous correspondent,
whom he persisted in regarding as a fellow-countryman.
The solidity of the ice was perfect; the utter stillness of the air at
the time when the final congelation of the waters had taken place had resulted
in the formation of a surface that for smoothness would rival a skating-rink;
without a crack or flaw it extended far beyond the range of vision.
The contrast to the ordinary aspect of polar seas was very remarkable.
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis Carroll: butter.
`Were you happy in prison, dear child?' said Haigha.
Hatta looked round once more, and this time a tear or two
trickled down his cheek: but not a word would he say.
`Speak, can't you!' Haigha cried impatiently. But Hatta only
munched away, and drank some more tea.
`Speak, won't you!' cried the King. 'How are they getting on
with the fight?'
Hatta made a desperate effort, and swallowed a large piece of
bread-and-butter. `They're getting on very well,' he said in a
choking voice: `each of them has been down about eighty-seven
Through the Looking-Glass |
