| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Shadow out of Time by H. P. Lovecraft: tell of our quest for reported Australian ruins and to chronicle
our various preparatory steps.
Professor William Dyer of the
college's geology department - leader of the Miskatonic Antarctic
Expedition Of 1930-31 - Ferdinand C. Ashley of the department
of ancient history, and Tyler M. Freeborn of the department of
anthropology - together with my son Wingate - accompanied me.
My correspondent, Mackenzie, came to Arkham early in 1935 and
assisted in our final preparations. He proved to be a tremendously
competent and affable man of about fifty, admirably well-read,
and deeply familiar with all the conditions of Australian travel.
Shadow out of Time |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Letters of Robert Louis Stevenson by Robert Louis Stevenson: to be true, and is a very good way of getting through the green-
sickness of maturity which, with all its accompanying ills, is now
declaring itself in my mind and life. They tell me it is not so
severe as that of youth; if I (and the CASCO) are spared, I shall
tell you more exactly, as I am one of the few people in the world
who do not forget their own lives.
Good-bye, then, my dear fellow, and please write us a word; we
expect to have three mails in the next two months: Honolulu,
Tahiti, and Guayaquil. But letters will be forwarded from
Scribner's, if you hear nothing more definite directly. In 3
(three) days I leave for San Francisco. - Ever yours most
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Flower Fables by Louisa May Alcott: among themselves, while sparks fell thick and fast with every word;
at length the Fire-Queen said aloud,--
"We cannot give the flame you ask, for each of us must take a part
of it from our own breasts; and this we will not do, for the brighter
our bosom-fire burns, the lovelier we are. So do not ask us for this
thing; but any other gift we will most gladly give, for we feel kindly
towards you, and will serve you if we may."
But Ripple asked no other boon, and, weeping sadly, begged them
not to send her back without the gift she had come so far to gain.
"O dear, warm-hearted Spirits! give me each a little light from your
own breasts, and surely they will glow the brighter for this kindly
Flower Fables |
