| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from A Voyage to Arcturus by David Lindsay: neglected condition. The furniture scarcely held together, broken
utensils and rubbish lay on the floor instead of on the dust heap,
everything was covered with a deep deposit of dust. The atmosphere
was so foul that Maskull judged that no fresh air had passed into the
room for several months. Insects were crawling on the walls.
They went into the other rooms on the lower floor - a scullery, a
barely furnished dining room, and a storing place for lumber. The
same dirt, mustiness, and neglect met their eyes. At least half a
year must have elapsed since these rooms were last touched, or even
entered.
"Does your faith in Krag still hold?" asked Maskull. "I confess mine
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Rescue by Joseph Conrad: had produced.
"Damn me, if I did not think so," murmured Carter to himself;
then drawling coolly asked--"And perhaps you know, too?"
"What do you think? Think I am a dummy here? I ain't mate of this
brig for nothing."
"No, you are not," said Carter with a certain bitterness of tone.
"People do all kinds of queer things for a living, and I am not
particular myself, but I would think twice before taking your
billet."
"What? What do you in-si-nu-ate. My billet? You ain't fit for it,
you yacht-swabbing brass-buttoned imposter."
The Rescue |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Vision Splendid by William MacLeod Raine: We should 'a' been blowed but we all of us knowed
That he didn't mean nothin' by that.
I was wonderful fond of old Capting Pink,
And Pink he was fond o' me,
As he frequently said when he battered me head
Or sousled me into the sea."
--Wallace Irwin.
BULLY GREEN PRESERVES DISCIPLINE AND THE REBEL LEARNS TO SAY "SIR"
Part 1
On the night of the twenty-second of December Jeff left the
_World_ building and moved down Powers Avenue to the all night
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