| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Plain Tales from the Hills by Rudyard Kipling: say feebly was:--"But, but it's my magnum opus! The work of my
life." Miss Venner did not know what magnum opus meant; but she
knew that Captain Kerrington had won three races at the last
Gymkhana. Wressley didn't press her to wait for him any longer. He
had sense enough for that.
Then came the reaction after the year's strain, and Wressley went
back to the Foreign Office and his "Wajahs," a compiling,
gazetteering, report-writing hack, who would have been dear at three
hundred rupees a month. He abided by Miss Venner's review. Which
proves that the inspiration in the book was purely temporary and
unconnected with himself. Nevertheless, he had no right to sink, in
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Mad King by Edgar Rice Burroughs: he could not see she thrust the muzzle against his side.
"I'll take your word for the gun," said Barney, "if you'll
just turn it in the other direction. Go ahead--I'll follow you."
"No, you won't," replied the girl. "You'll go first; but
before that you'll raise your hands above your head. I want
to search you."
Barney did as he was bid and a moment later felt deft
fingers running over his clothing in search of concealed
weapons. Satisfied at last that he was unarmed, the girl
directed him to precede her, guiding his steps from behind
with a hand upon his arm. Occasionally he felt the muzzle
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Tales of the Klondyke by Jack London: the river speak o' you, but I 'adn't no idea you was so jolly
nice."
Jacob Kent experienced a tremendous yearning to try his shotgun on
him, but the fascination of the gash was too potent. This was the
real Man with the Gash, the man who had so often robbed him in the
spirit. This, then, was the embodied entity of the being whose
astral form had been projected into his dreams, the man who had so
frequently harbored designs against his hoard; hence--there could
be no other conclusion--this Man with the Gash had now come in the
flesh to dispossess him. And that gash! He could no more keep
his eyes from it than stop the beating of his heart. Try as he
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