| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Dynamiter by Robert Louis Stevenson and Fanny Van De Grift Stevenson: dead, O root of life, root of corruption! I grow old, I grow
hideous; I am known, I am hunted for my life: let thy
servant then lay by this outworn body; let thy chief
priestess turn again to the blossom of her days, and be a
girl once more, and the desired of all men, even as in the
past! And, O lord and master, as I here ask a marvel not yet
wrought since we were torn from the old land, have I not
prepared the sacrifice in which thy soul delighteth - the kid
without the horns?'
Even as she uttered the words, there was a great rumour of
joy through all the circle of worshippers; it rose, and fell,
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia by Samuel Johnson: passions, but not clouded his reason. Let us close the
disquisitions of the night by inquiring what are his sentiments of
his own state, that we may know whether youth alone is to struggle
with vexation, and whether any better hope remains for the latter
part of life."
Here the sage approached and saluted them. They invited him to
join their walk, and prattled awhile as acquaintance that had
unexpectedly met one another. The old man was cheerful and
talkative, and the way seemed short in his company. He was pleased
to find himself not disregarded, accompanied them to their house,
and, at the Prince's request, entered with them. They placed him
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Moon-Face and Other Stories by Jack London: reason that I shall fail again."
She caught her breath with a quick gasp. "It is like a bereavement to hear you
speak of going away and remaining away. I should never see you again. It is
too terrible. And do not reproach yourself for weakness. It is I who am to
blame. It is I who prevented you from remaining away before, I know. I wanted
you so. I want you so.
"There is nothing to be done, Chris, nothing to be done but to go on with it
and let it work itself out somehow. That is one thing we are sure of: it will
work out somehow."
"But it would be easier if I went away," he suggested.
"I am happier when you are here."
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