| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from A Footnote to History by Robert Louis Stevenson: and the use of a safe were even senseless; and his step in printing
and posting a proclamation denying their jurisdiction were equally
impolitic and undignified. The dispute had a secondary result
worse than itself. The gentleman appointed to be Natives' Advocate
shared the chief justice's opinion, was his close intimate, advised
with him almost daily, and drifted at last into an attitude of
opposition to his colleagues. He suffered himself besides (being a
layman in law) to embrace the interest of his clients with
something of the warmth of a partisan. Disagreeable scenes
occurred in court; the advocate was more than once reproved, he was
warned that his consultations with the judge of appeal tended to
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Voyage of the Beagle by Charles Darwin: after the same manner as the Carrancha. They build
in the rocky cliffs of the sea-coast, but only on the small
adjoining islets, and not on the two main islands: this is a
singular precaution in so tame and fearless a bird. The sealers
say that the flesh of these birds, when cooked, is quite
white, and very good eating; but bold must the man be who
attempts such a meal.
We have now only to mention the turkey-buzzard (Vultur
aura), and the Gallinazo. The former is found wherever
the country is moderately damp, from Cape Horn to North
America. Differently from the Polyborus Brasiliensis and
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Master Key by L. Frank Baum: Rob seized the dangling left arm of the unconscious Turk and raised it
until he could reach the dial of the traveling machine. He feared to
unclasp the machine just then, for two reasons: if it slipped from his
grasp they would both plunge downward to their death; and he was not
sure the machine would work at all if in any other position than
fastened to the left wrist.
Rob determined to take no chances, so he left the machine attached to
the Turk and turned the indicator to zero and then to "East," for he
did not wish to rejoin either his enemies the Turks or his equally
undesirable friends the Tatars.
After traveling eastward a few minutes he lost sight of the city
The Master Key |
