| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Return of Tarzan by Edgar Rice Burroughs: scarlet, a red mist floated before his eyes, and, with the
awful roar of the bull ape gone mad, he sprang like a huge
lion into the midst of the votaries.
Seizing a cudgel from the nearest priest, he laid about him like
a veritable demon as he forged his rapid way toward the altar.
The hand of La had paused at the first noise of interruption.
When she saw who the author of it was she went white.
She had never been able to fathom the secret of the
strange white man's escape from the dungeon in which she
had locked him. She had not intended that he should ever
leave Opar, for she had looked upon his giant frame and
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Voice of the City by O. Henry: stuff on your face, honey?
Medora extended an arm.
"Too late," she said, solemnly. The die is cast.
I belong in another world. Curse me if you will --
it is your right. Go, and leave me in the path I
have chosen. Bid them all at home never to men-
tion my name again. And sometimes, Beriah, pray
for me when I am revelling in the gaudy, but hol-
low, pleasures of Bohemia."
"Get a towel, 'Dory," said Beriah, "and wipe
that paint off your face. I came as soon as I got
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Two Brothers by Honore de Balzac: that the whites should be beaten to a froth and the yolks gently added
by degrees; moreover a frying-pan should never be used, but a
"cagnard" of porcelain or earthenware. The "cagnard" is a species of
thick dish standing on four feet, so that when it is placed on the
stove the air circulates underneath and prevents the fire from
cracking it. In Touraine the "cagnard" is called a "cauquemarre."
Rabelais, I think, speaks of a "cauquemarre" for cooking cockatrice
eggs, thus proving the antiquity of the utensil. The doctor had also
found a way to prevent the tartness of browned butter; but his secret,
which unluckily he kept to his own kitchen, has been lost.
Flore, a born fryer and roaster, two qualities that can never be
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