| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Call of Cthulhu by H. P. Lovecraft: took leave of him amicably, and wish him all the success his talent
promises.
The matter of the cult still remained to fascinate
me, and at times I had visions of personal fame from researches
into its origin and connexions. I visited New Orleans, talked
with Legrasse and others of that old-time raiding-party, saw the
frightful image, and even questioned such of the mongrel prisoners
as still survived. Old Castro, unfortunately, had been dead for
some years. What I now heard so graphically at first-hand, though
it was really no more than a detailed confirmation of what my
uncle had written, excited me afresh; for I felt sure that I was
Call of Cthulhu |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Aeroplanes and Dirigibles of War by Frederick A. Talbot: average speed of 65 miles per hour.
While it is generally maintained that the Zeppelins will prove
formidable in attack, greater reliance is being placed upon the
demoralising or terrifying effect which they are able to
exercise. Owing to the fact that from 3 to 5 tons of fuel--say
900 to 1,500 gallons of gasoline or petrol--can be carried
aboard, giving them a wide radius of action, it is doubtful
whether they could travel from Cologne to London and back upon a
single fuel charge, since such a raid would entail a journey of
about 600 miles. The latest types of this craft are said to
possess a high ascensional speed, which offers a distinct
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Outlaw of Torn by Edgar Rice Burroughs: Saxon, but in later times death and poverty and the
disfavor of the King have wrested it from his descend-
ants. A few years since Henry granted it to that spend-
thrift favorite of his, Henri de Macy, who pledged it
to me for a sum he hath been unable to repay. Today
it be my property, and as it be far from Paris you may
have it for the mere song I have named. It be a won-
drous bargain, madame."
"And when I come upon it I shall find that I have
bought a crumbling pile of ruined masonry, unfit to
house a family of foxes," replied the old woman peev-
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