| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Wyoming by William MacLeod Raine: jumping," he heard his sub-conscious self make answer to the
patronizing inquiries of him of the "boiled" shirt.
Funny how pretty hair of that color was especially when there was
so much of it. You might call it a sort of coppery gold where the
little curls escaped in tendrils and ran wild. A fellow--"
"Yes, I reckon most of the boys will drop around to the Fourth of
July celebration. Got to cut loose once in a while, y'u know."
A shy glance shot him and set him a-tingle with a queer delight.
Gracious, what pretty dark velvety lashes she had!
She was rising already, and as she paid for the ice cream that
innocent gaze smote him again with the brightest of Irish eyes
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Charmides and Other Poems by Oscar Wilde: He will awake at evening when the sun
Hangs his red shield on Corinth's citadel;
This sleep is but a cruel treachery
To make me love him more, and in some cavern of the sea
Deeper than ever falls the fisher's line
Already a huge Triton blows his horn,
And weaves a garland from the crystalline
And drifting ocean-tendrils to adorn
The emerald pillars of our bridal bed,
For sphered in foaming silver, and with coral crowned head,
We two will sit upon a throne of pearl,
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from A Book of Remarkable Criminals by H. B. Irving: daughters who lived happily with him in the Rue Rougemont. He
did a good trade as bailiff and process-server, and at times had
considerable sums of money in his possession. These he would
never leave behind him at his office, but carry home at the end
of the day's work, except on Fridays. Friday nights Gouffe
always spent away from home. As the society he sought on these
nights was of a promiscuous character, he was in the habit of
leaving at his office any large sum of money that had come into
his hands during the day.
About nine o'clock on this particular Friday night, July 26, the
hall-porter at Gouffe's office in the Rue Montmartre heard
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