| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Lucile by Owen Meredith: Which is only a ruin!"
With words warm and wild,
"Though a ruin it be, trust me yet to rebuild
And restore it," Luvois cried; "though ruin'd it be,
Since so dear is that ruin, ah, yield it to me!"
He approach'd her. She shrank back. The grief in her eyes
Answer'd, "No!"
An emotion more fierce seem'd to rise
And to break into flame, as though fired by the light
Of that look, in his heart. He exclaim'd, "Am I right?
You reject ME! Accept HIM?"
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Master Key by L. Frank Baum: scientists," said Rob.
"True, and I have deeply regretted it," replied the Demon. "But your
unusual powers caused more astonishment and consternation than you,
perhaps, imagined; for many saw you whom you were too busy to notice.
As a result several able electricians are now thinking new thoughts
along new lines, and some of them may soon give these or similar
inventions to the world."
"You are satisfied, then?" asked Rob.
"As to that," returned the Demon, composedly, "I am not. But I have
hopes that with the addition of the three marvelous devices I shall
present you with to-day you will succeed in arousing so much popular
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Light of Western Stars by Zane Grey: "Some dark an' lonesome around thet station, wasn't it?"
"Indeed yes."
"An' what time was the Greaser shot?" queried Hawe, with his
little eyes gleaming like coals.
"Probably close to half past one. It was two o'clock when I
looked at my watch at Florence Kingsley's house. Directly after
Stewart sent Bonita away he took me to Miss Kingsley's. So,
allowing for the walk and a few minutes' conversation with her, I
can pretty definitely say the shooting took place at about half
past one."
Stillwell heaved his big frame a step closer to the sheriff.
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