| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Lone Star Ranger by Zane Grey: all the power he dared use. It came slowly and at length was
free. The left one he released with less difficulty. The next
few moments he put all his attention on the plank to ascertain
if his weight would sink it into the sand. The far end slipped
off the willows with a little splash and gradually settled to
rest upon the bottom. But it sank no farther, and Duane's
greatest concern was relieved. However, as it was manifestly
impossible for him to keep his head up for long he carefully
crawled out upon the plank until he could rest an arm and
shoulder upon the willows.
When he looked up it was to find the night strangely luminous
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Bucolics by Virgil: Has come and gone, and the majestic roll
Of circling centuries begins anew:
Justice returns, returns old Saturn's reign,
With a new breed of men sent down from heaven.
Only do thou, at the boy's birth in whom
The iron shall cease, the golden race arise,
Befriend him, chaste Lucina; 'tis thine own
Apollo reigns. And in thy consulate,
This glorious age, O Pollio, shall begin,
And the months enter on their mighty march.
Under thy guidance, whatso tracks remain
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Underdogs by Mariano Azuela: At noon they reached a hut, clinging to the precipi-
tous sierra, then three more huts strewn over the margin
of a river of burnt sand. Everything was silent, desolate.
As soon as they saw men on horseback, the people in
the huts scurried into the hills to hide. Demetrio grew
indignant.
"Bring me anyone you find hiding or running away,"
he commanded in a loud voice.
"What? What did you say?" Valderrama cried in sur-
prise. "The men of the sierra? Those brave men who've
not yet done what those chickens down in Aguascalientes
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