| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Tales of Unrest by Joseph Conrad: through the Canal. He had been away six months, and only joined us
again just in time for this last trip. We had never seen the box
before. His hands hovered above it; and he talked to us ironically,
but his face became as grave as though he were pronouncing a powerful
incantation over the things inside.
"Every one of us," he said, with pauses that somehow were more
offensive than his words--"every one of us, you'll admit, has been
haunted by some woman . . . And . . . as to friends . . . dropped by
the way . . . Well! . . . ask yourselves . . ."
He paused. Karain stared. A deep rumble was heard high up under the
deck. Jackson spoke seriously--
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Aeroplanes and Dirigibles of War by Frederick A. Talbot: given him the proper direction, but the side-drift has proved his
undoing, with the result that he has missed his objective.
The fickle character of the winds over the water, especially over
such expanses as the North Sea, constitutes another and seriously
adverse factor. Storms, squalls, gales, and, in winter,
blizzards, spring up with magical suddenness, and are so severe
that no aircraft could hope to live in them. But such
visitations are more to be dreaded by the lighter-than-air than
by the heavier-than-air machines. The former offers a
considerable area of resistance to the tempest and is caught up
by the whirlwind before the pilot fully grasps the significant
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Baby Mine by Margaret Mayo: "Here you are, Jimmy," she said; "here's the other one. Now
take him down stairs quickly before Alfred gets back." She
attempted to place the unresisting babe in Jimmy's chubby arms,
but Jimmy's freedom was not to be so easily disposed of.
"What!" he exclaimed, backing away from the small creature in
fear and abhorrence, "take that bundle of rags down to the hotel
office and have that woman hystericing all over me. No, thanks."
"Oh well," answered Aggie, distracted by the persistent ringing
of the 'phone, "then hold him a minute until I answer the
'phone."
This at least was a compromise, and reluctantly Jimmy allowed the
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