| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Child of Storm by H. Rider Haggard: "So you are going away, O Macumazana?" he said.
"Yes, I am," I answered with energy, "who, if I could have had my will,
would have gone away long ago."
"Yes, yes, I know that; but it would have been a great pity, would it
not? If you had gone, Macumazahn, you would have missed seeing the end
of a strange little story, and you, who love to study the hearts of men
and women, would not have been so wise as you are to-day."
"No, nor as sad, Zikali. Oh! the death of that woman!" And I put my
hand before my eyes.
"Ah! I understand, Macumazahn; you were always fond of her, were you
not, although your white pride would not suffer you to admit that black
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Lord Arthur Savile's Crime, etc. by Oscar Wilde: emigrate and improve your mind. My father will be only too happy
to give you a free passage, and though there is a heavy duty on
spirits of every kind, there will be no difficulty about the Custom
House, as the officers are all Democrats. Once in New York, you
are sure to be a great success. I know lots of people there who
would give a hundred thousand dollars to have a grandfather, and
much more than that to have a family Ghost.'
'I don't think I should like America.'
'I suppose because we have no ruins and no curiosities,' said
Virginia satirically.
'No ruins! no curiosities!' answered the Ghost; 'you have your navy
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Silverado Squatters by Robert Louis Stevenson: the Chinese cook in the back parts; and Mr. Hoddy in the bar,
gravely alert and serviceable, and equally anxious to lend or
borrow books; - dozed all day in the dusty sunshine, more
than half asleep. There were no neighbours, except the
Hansons up the hill. The traffic on the road was
infinitesimal; only, at rare intervals, a couple in a waggon,
or a dusty farmer on a springboard, toiling over "the grade"
to that metropolitan hamlet, Calistoga; and, at the fixed
hours, the passage of the stages.
The nearest building was the school-house, down the road; and
the school-ma'am boarded at the Toll House, walking thence in
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