| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Men of Iron by Howard Pyle: wert mine own son; sweeter to me than when I first broke mine own
lance in triumph, and felt myself to be a right knight."
"Sir," answered Myles, "what thou sayest doth rejoice my very
heart. Ne'theless, it is but just to say that both his
breast-piece and over-girth were burst in the stitches before he
ran his course, for so I saw with mine own eyes."
"Burst in the stitches!" snorted Sir James. "Thinkest thou he did
not know in what condition was his horse's gearing? I tell thee
he went down because thou didst strike fair and true, and he did
not so strike thee. Had he been Guy of Warwick he had gone down
all the same under such a stroke and in such case."
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Animal Farm by George Orwell: escape their snapping jaws. In a moment he was out of the door and they
were after him. Too amazed and frightened to speak, all the animals
crowded through the door to watch the chase. Snowball was racing across
the long pasture that led to the road. He was running as only a pig can
run, but the dogs were close on his heels. Suddenly he slipped and it
seemed certain that they had him. Then he was up again, running faster
than ever, then the dogs were gaining on him again. One of them all but
closed his jaws on Snowball's tail, but Snowball whisked it free just in
time. Then he put on an extra spurt and, with a few inches to spare,
slipped through a hole in the hedge and was seen no more.
Silent and terrified, the animals crept back into the barn. In a moment
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Wife, et al by Anton Chekhov: Beautiful Pelagea, looking so refined and soft, brought them
towels and soap, and Alehin went to the bath-house with his
guests.
"It's a long time since I had a wash," he said, undressing. "I
have got a nice bath-house, as you see -- my father built it --
but I somehow never have time to wash."
He sat down on the steps and soaped his long hair and his neck,
and the water round him turned brown.
"Yes, I must say," said Ivan Ivanovitch meaningly, looking at his
head.
"It's a long time since I washed . . ." said Alehin with
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