| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Arizona Nights by Stewart Edward White: for many miles. During all the rest of our trip they were to be
our companions, the only constant factors in the tumult of lesser
peaks, precipitous canons, and twisted systems in which we were
constantly involved.
The sky was sun-and-shadow after the rain. Each and every
Arizonan predicted clearing.
"Why, it almost never rains in Arizona," said Jed Parker. "And
when it does it quits before it begins."
Nevertheless, about noon a thick cloud gathered about the tops of
the Galiuros above us. Almost immediately it was dissipated by
the wind, but when the peaks again showed, we stared with
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Profits of Religion by Upton Sinclair: has no way of proving such facts, and has to sit in silence; but
when his board bill falls due and his landlady is persistent, he
experiences a direct and earnest hatred of the crooks of
journalism who thrive at his expense. If he is a Socialist, he
looks forward to the day when he may sit on a Publications' Graft
Commission, with access to all magazine books which have not yet
been burned!
In the case of the New Haven, we know a part of the price--thanks
to the labors of the Interstate Commerce Commission. Needless to
say, you will not find the facts recorded in the columns of the
Outlook; you might have read it line by line from the palmy days
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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: on the ground there seemed to be some attempt to preserve the
irregularities of Nature, but on the roofs there was more selectiveness,
and more evidences of the topiary art.
The sides were almost
always moist and cloudy, and sometimes I would seem to witness
tremendous rains. Once in a while, though, there would be glimpses
of the sun - which looked abnormally large - and of the moon,
whose markings held a touch of difference from the normal that
I could never quite fathom. When - very rarely - the night sky
was clear to any extent, I beheld constellations which were nearly
beyond recognition. Known outlines were sometimes approximated,
Shadow out of Time |
