| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle: a few minutes dressed as a common loafer. With his collar turned
up, his shiny, seedy coat, his red cravat, and his worn boots, he
was a perfect sample of the class.
"I think that this should do," said he, glancing into the glass
above the fireplace. "I only wish that you could come with me,
Watson, but I fear that it won't do. I may be on the trail in
this matter, or I may be following a will-o'-the-wisp, but I
shall soon know which it is. I hope that I may be back in a few
hours." He cut a slice of beef from the joint upon the sideboard,
sandwiched it between two rounds of bread, and thrusting this
rude meal into his pocket he started off upon his expedition.
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from A Passion in the Desert by Honore de Balzac: oneself. Feeling himself caught, he gave a shriek of alarm; the
panther seized him with her teeth by the collar, and, springing
vigorously backwards, drew him as if by magic out of the whirling
sand.
"Ah, Mignonne!" cried the soldier, caressing her enthusiastically;
"we're bound together for life and death but no jokes, mind!" and he
retraced his steps.
From that time the desert seemed inhabited. It contained a being to
whom the man could talk, and whose ferocity was rendered gentle by
him, though he could not explain to himself the reason for their
strange friendship. Great as was the soldier's desire to stay upon
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Black Dwarf by Walter Scott: cottage, formed in so very short a space, and by such a being,
and the superior skill which he displayed in mechanics, and in
other arts, gave suspicion to the surrounding neighbours. They
insisted, that, if he was not a phantom,--an opinion which was
now abandoned, since he plainly appeared a being of blood and
bone with themselves,--yet he must be in close league with the
invisible world, and have chosen that sequestered spot to carry
on his communication with them undisturbed. They insisted,
though in a different sense from the philosopher's application of
the phrase, that he was never less alone than when alone; and
that from the heights which commanded the moor at a distance,
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