| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from On the Origin of Species by Charles Darwin: the same class.
I will not attempt any definition of instinct. It would be easy to show
that several distinct mental actions are commonly embraced by this term;
but every one understands what is meant, when it is said that instinct
impels the cuckoo to migrate and to lay her eggs in other birds' nests. An
action, which we ourselves should require experience to enable us to
perform, when performed by an animal, more especially by a very young one,
without any experience, and when performed by many individuals in the same
way, without their knowing for what purpose it is performed, is usually
said to be instinctive. But I could show that none of these characters of
instinct are universal. A little dose, as Pierre Huber expresses it, of
On the Origin of Species |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Rinkitink In Oz by L. Frank Baum: path as much as possible, that she might not encounter
any of the King's soldiers.
"When it is necessary to choose between the warriors
and the wild beasts," said Nikobob, "the beasts will be
found the more merciful."
The little girl had put on her best attire for the
journey and her mother threw a blue silk shawl over her
head and shoulders. Upon her feet were the pretty red
shoes her father had brought her from Regos. Thus
prepared, she kissed her parents good-bye and started
out with a light heart, carrying the pails of honey in
Rinkitink In Oz |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Moon-Face and Other Stories by Jack London: revolver, then bethought himself and growled, 'This is no bank.'
"'Nor have I checks to cash. But I have, sir, an idea, which, by your leave
and kind assistance, I shall transmute into cash. In short, how does a tramp
sketch, done by a tramp to the life, strike you? Are you open to it? Do your
readers hunger for it? Do they crave after it? Can they be happy without it?'
"I thought for a moment that he would have apoplexy, but he quelled the unruly
blood and said he liked my nerve. I thanked him and assured him I liked it
myself. Then he offered me a cigar and said he thought he'd do business with
me.
"'But mind you,' he said, when he had jabbed a bunch of copy paper into my
hand and given me a pencil from his vest pocket, 'mind you, I won't stand for
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