stupid little thing
1. Take five books off your bookshelf.
2. Book #1 -- first sentence
3. Book #2 -- last sentence on page fifty
4. Book #3 -- second sentence on page one hundred
5. Book #4 -- next to the last sentence on page one hundred fifty
6. Book #5 -- final sentence of the book
7. Make the five sentences into a paragraph:
Once every few years, a dramatic moment draws us together as Americans, sometimes joyous, sometimes calamitous- planes strike the World Trade Center, the Challenger space craft blows up before our eyes, young people tear down the Berlin Wall, peace comes after war. A late elegant writer inimitably pourtays the consequences even of successful war: perhaps a review of the piture may be of use. Don't bury the towel. By heaven if you could you have changed hearts with some frozen Laplander or made a voyage to a region that has chilled ever drop of your blood. Virtue will take up arms against fury,/ and make the battle short,/ because the acient valor in Italian heart/ is not yet dead.
2. Book #1 -- first sentence
3. Book #2 -- last sentence on page fifty
4. Book #3 -- second sentence on page one hundred
5. Book #4 -- next to the last sentence on page one hundred fifty
6. Book #5 -- final sentence of the book
7. Make the five sentences into a paragraph:
Once every few years, a dramatic moment draws us together as Americans, sometimes joyous, sometimes calamitous- planes strike the World Trade Center, the Challenger space craft blows up before our eyes, young people tear down the Berlin Wall, peace comes after war. A late elegant writer inimitably pourtays the consequences even of successful war: perhaps a review of the piture may be of use. Don't bury the towel. By heaven if you could you have changed hearts with some frozen Laplander or made a voyage to a region that has chilled ever drop of your blood. Virtue will take up arms against fury,/ and make the battle short,/ because the acient valor in Italian heart/ is not yet dead.