| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Tom Sawyer Abroad by Mark Twain: and couldn't climb, and that made me feel perfectly
wretched and miserable all down the other. It is most
seldom that a person feels so mixed like that; and it is
not to be recommended, either.
Tom asked me what he'd better do, but I didn't
know. He asked me if I could hold on whilst he sailed
away to a safe place and left the lion behind. I said I
could if he didn't go no higher than he was now; but
if he went higher I would lose my head and fall, sure.
So he said, "Take a good grip," and he started.
"Don't go so fast," I shouted. "It makes my
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Resurrection by Leo Tolstoy: Formerly Nekhludoff would have asked why she said she knew it
would; now he only looked at her. Her eyes were full of tears.
But this did not soften him; it roused his irritation against her
even more.
The inspector rose and began pacing up and down the room.
In spite of the disgust Nekhludoff was feeling at the moment, he
considered it right to express his regret at the Senate's
decision.
"You must not despair," he said. "The petition to the Emperor may
meet with success, and I hope---"
"I'm not thinking of that," she said, looking piteously at him
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Lady Chatterley's Lover by D. H. Lawrence: 'You're quite wonderful, in my opinion,' she said to Connie. 'You've
done wonders for Clifford. I never saw any budding genius myself, and
there he is, all the rage.' Aunt Eva was quite complacently proud of
Clifford's success. Another feather in the family cap! She didn't care
a straw about his books, but why should she?
'Oh, I don't think it's my doing,' said Connie.
'It must be! Can't be anybody else's. And it seems to me you don't get
enough out of it.'
'How?'
'Look at the way you are shut up here. I said to Clifford: If that
child rebels one day you'll have yourself to thank!'
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