| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Herbert West: Reanimator by H. P. Lovecraft: in the Canadian army in 1915. West, in the midst of a severe battle,
had reanimated Major Sir Eric Moreland Clapham-Lee, D.S.O., a
fellow-physician who knew about his experiments and could have
duplicated them. The head had been removed, so that the possibilities
of quasi-intelligent life in the trunk might be investigated.
Just as the building was wiped out by a German shell, there had
been a success. The trunk had moved intelligently; and, unbelievable
to relate, we were both sickeningly sure that articulate sounds
had come from the detached head as it lay in a shadowy corner
of the laboratory. The shell had been merciful, in a way -- but
West could never feel as certain as he wished, that we two were
Herbert West: Reanimator |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Emma McChesney & Co. by Edna Ferber: billowing, ante-bellum garb. She was speaking. Jock, mouth
agape, eyes protruding, ears straining, heard, as in a daze, the
sweet, clear, charmingly modulated voice:
"The feature of the skirt, ladies and gentlemen, is that it
gives a fulness without weight, something which the skirt-maker
has never before been able to achieve. This is due to the patent
featherboning process invented by Mrs. T. A. Buck, of the T. A.
Buck Featherloom Petticoat Company, New York. Note, please, that
it has all the advantages of our grandmother's hoop-skirt, but
none of its awkward features. It is graceful"--she turned
slowly, lightly--"it is bouffant" she twirled on her toes--"it
Emma McChesney & Co. |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from King James Bible: jubile: for the houses of the cities of the Levites are their possession
among the children of Israel.
LEV 25:34 But the field of the suburbs of their cities may not be sold;
for it is their perpetual possession.
LEV 25:35 And if thy brother be waxen poor, and fallen in decay with
thee; then thou shalt relieve him: yea, though he be a stranger, or a
sojourner; that he may live with thee.
LEV 25:36 Take thou no usury of him, or increase: but fear thy God;
that thy brother may live with thee.
LEV 25:37 Thou shalt not give him thy money upon usury, nor lend him
thy victuals for increase.
King James Bible |
