| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Case of the Registered Letter by Grace Isabel Colbron and Augusta Groner: a thick envelope on the girl's lap.
She looked down at it, her eyes widening as if she had seen a ghost.
"That - that is John's writing," she exclaimed in a hoarse whisper.
"Where did it
come from?"
"Pernburg gave it to me. The day before his death John Siders sent
him this letter, requesting that Pernburg forward it to you before
a certain date. When I explained the circumstances to Mr. Pernburg,
he gave me the letter at once. I feel that this paper holds the
clue to the mystery. Will you open it?"
With trembling hands the girl tore open the envelope. It enclosed
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from U. S. Project Trinity Report by Carl Maag and Steve Rohrer: scientists were reasonably confident that the gun-type uranium-fueled
device could be successfully detonated, but they did not know if the
more complex firing technology required in an implosion device would
work. Successful detonation of the TRINITY device showed that
implosion would work, that a nuclear chain reaction would result in a
powerful detonation, and that effective means exist to guard against
the blast and radiation produced.
1.1 HISTORICAL BACKGROUND OF PROJECT TRINITY
The development of a nuclear weapon was a low priority for the United
States before the outbreak of World War II. However, scientists
exiled from Germany had expressed concern that the Germans were
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Country of the Pointed Firs by Sarah Orne Jewett: begun to clear away off the land. In the narrow field I noticed
some stout stakes, apparently planted at random in the grass and
among the hills of potatoes, but carefully painted yellow and white
to match the house, a neat sharp-edged little dwelling, which
looked strangely modern for its owner. I should have much
sooner believed that the smart young wholesale egg merchant of the
Landing was its occupant than Mr. Tilley, since a man's house is
really but his larger body, and expresses in a way his nature and
character.
I went up the field, following the smooth little path to the
side door. As for using the front door, that was a matter of great
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