| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from King Henry VI by William Shakespeare: [Here SALISBURY lifteth himself up and groans.]
TALBOT.
Hear, hear how dying Salisbury doth groan!
It irks his heart he cannot be revenged.
Frenchmen, I 'll be a Salisbury to you:
Pucelle or puzzel, dolphin or dogfish,
Your hearts I 'll stamp out with my horse's heels,
And make a quagmire of your mingled brains.
Convey me Salisbury into his tent,
And then we 'll try what these dastard Frenchmen dare.
[Alarum. Exeunt.]
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Marie by H. Rider Haggard: restored to the Boers, from whom Sikonyela had stolen them.
When Dingaan had expressed himself satisfied with this answer, Retief
opened the question of the treaty. The king replied however, that the
white men had but just arrived, and he wished to see them dance after
their own fashion. As for the business, it might "sit still" till
another day.
So in the end the Boers "danced" for his amusement. That is, they
divided into two parties, and charged each other at full gallop, firing
their guns into the air, an exhibition which seemed to fill all present
with admiration and awe. When they paused, the king wished them to go
on firing "a hundred shots apiece," but the commandant declined, saying
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Case of the Golden Bullet by Grace Isabel Colbron and Augusta Groner: As he said these words, Horn looked sharply at his subordinate; but
Muller's calm face did not give the slightest clue to his thoughts.
The experienced police commissioner was pleased and yet slightly
angered at this behaviour on the part of the detective. He knew
that it was quite possible that Muller had already formed a clear
opinion about the case, and that he was merely keeping it to himself.
And yet he was glad to see that the little detective had apparently
learned a lesson from his recent mistake concerning the death of
Mrs. Kniepp - that he had somewhat lost confidence in his hitherto
unerring instinct, and did not care to express any opinion until he
had studied the matter a little closer. The commissioner was just
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