| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Herbert West: Reanimator by H. P. Lovecraft: readily enough; reminding me that the reanimating solution was
never used without careful tests as to life, since it could have
no effect if any of the original vitality were present. As West
proceeded to take preliminary steps, I was impressed by the vast
intricacy of the new experiment; an intricacy so vast that he
could trust no hand less delicate than his own. Forbidding me
to touch the body, he first injected a drug in the wrist just
beside the place his needle had punctured when injecting the embalming
compound. This, he said, was to neutralise the compound and release
the system to a normal relaxation so that the reanimating solution
might freely work when injected. Slightly later, when a change
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Tom Grogan by F. Hopkinson Smith: knees, seat, and waist. On his stockingless feet were a pair of
sun-baked, brick-colored shoes. His ankles were as dark as
mahogany. His throat and chest were bare, the skin tanned to
leather wherever the sun could work its way through the holes in
his garments. From out of this combination of dust and rags shone
a pair of piercing black eyes, snapping with fun.
"I come up fer de mont's pay," he said coolly to Babcock, the
corner of his eye glued to Lathers. "De ole woman said ye'd hev
it ready."
"Mrs. Grogan's?" asked the bookkeeper, shuffling over his
envelopes.
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Blix by Frank Norris: instead of playing at your club."
"But it's absurd, it's preposterous. I hate to see a girl
gambling--and you of all girls!"
"It's no worse for me than it is for you and--well, do you suppose
I would play with any one else? Maybe you think I can't play well
enough to make it interesting for you," she said gayly. "Is that
it? I can soon show you, Condy Rivers--never mind when I learned
how."
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