| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Rinkitink In Oz by L. Frank Baum: conversation of Rinkitink and the goat, but busied his
thoughts with plans of what he should do when he
reached the islands of Regos and Coregos and confronted
his enemies. When the others finally became silent,
Inga inquired.
"Can you fight, King Rinkitink?"
"I have never tried," was the answer. "In time of
danger I have found it much easier to run away than to
face the foe."
"But could you fight?" asked the boy.
"I might try, if there was no chance to escape by
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Richard III by William Shakespeare: RATCLIFF. It is, my lord.
KING RICHARD. Bid my guard watch; leave me.
RATCLIFF, about the mid of night come to my tent
And help to arm me. Leave me, I say.
Exit RATCLIFF. RICHARD sleeps
Enter DERBY to RICHMOND in his tent;
LORDS attending
DERBY. Fortune and victory sit on thy helm!
RICHMOND. All comfort that the dark night can afford
Be to thy person, noble father-in-law!
Tell me, how fares our loving mother?
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Tapestried Chamber by Walter Scott: and cornfields of small extent, but bounded and divided with
hedgerow timber of great age and size. There were few marks of
modern improvement. The environs of the place intimated neither
the solitude of decay nor the bustle of novelty; the houses were
old, but in good repair; and the beautiful little river murmured
freely on its way to the left of the town, neither restrained by
a dam nor bordered by a towing-path.
Upon a gentle eminence, nearly a mile to the southward of the
town, were seen, amongst many venerable oaks and tangled
thickets, the turrets of a castle as old as the walls of York and
Lancaster, but which seemed to have received important
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