The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Europeans by Henry James: "I count upon their being rich," he said at last, "and powerful, and clever,
and friendly, and elegant, and interesting, and generally delightful!
Tu vas voir." And he bent forward and kissed his sister. "Look there!"
he went on. "As a portent, even while I speak, the sky is turning
the color of gold; the day is going to be splendid."
And indeed, within five minutes the weather had changed.
The sun broke out through the snow-clouds and jumped into
the Baroness's room. "Bonte divine," exclaimed this lady,
"what a climate!"
"We will go out and see the world," said Felix.
And after a while they went out. The air had grown warm
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Tarzan and the Jewels of Opar by Edgar Rice Burroughs: collapse, he swung to the branches of a lesser
neighbor. It was a long and perilous leap. La closed
her eyes and shuddered; but when she opened them again
she found herself safe and Tarzan whirling onward
through the forest. Behind them the uprooted tree
crashed heavily to the ground, carrying with it the
lesser trees in its path and then Tantor, realizing
that his prey had escaped him, set up once more his
hideous trumpeting and followed at a rapid charge upon
their trail.
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Tales and Fantasies by Robert Louis Stevenson: that very night we were all standing breathless by the bar-
room window, and Fettes at our side, sober, pale, and
resolute in look.
'God protect us, Mr. Fettes!' said the landlord, coming first
into possession of his customary senses. 'What in the
universe is all this? These are strange things you have been
saying.'
Fettes turned toward us; he looked us each in succession in
the face. 'See if you can hold your tongues,' said he.
'That man Macfarlane is not safe to cross; those that have
done so already have repented it too late.'
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