| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The People That Time Forgot by Edgar Rice Burroughs: hair upon the bodies of their women.
The members of the tribe showed great interest in me,
especially in my clothing, the like of which, of course, they
never had seen. They pulled and hauled upon me, and some of
them struck me; but for the most part they were not inclined
to brutality. It was only the hairier ones, who most closely
resembled the Sto-lu, who maltreated me. At last my captors led
me into a great cave in the mouth of which a fire was burning.
The floor was littered with filth, including the bones of many
animals, and the atmosphere reeked with the stench of human
bodies and putrefying flesh. Here they fed me, releasing my
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from In the South Seas by Robert Louis Stevenson: summoned, whither they vanished when the feast was eaten, I have no
guess. In view of Low Island tales, and that awful frequentation
which makes men avoid the seaward beaches of an atoll, some two
score of those that ate with us may have returned, for the
occasion, from the kingdom of the dead.
It was this solitude that put it in our minds to hire a house, and
become, for the time being, indwellers of the isle - a practice I
have ever since, when it was possible, adhered to. Mr. Donat
placed us, with that intent, under the convoy of one Taniera
Mahinui, who combined the incongruous characters of catechist and
convict. The reader may smile, but I affirm he was well qualified
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Court Life in China by Isaac Taylor Headland: strengthen her dynasty and to promote material progress." She was
fortunate in having Prince Kung associated with her in the
regency, a man tall, handsome and dignified, and the greatest
statesman that has come from the royal house since the time of
Chien Lung.
Here appears one of the chief characteristics of the Empress
Dowager as a ruler--her ability to choose the greatest statesmen,
the wisest advisers, the safest leaders, and the best guides,
from the great mass of Chinese officials, whether progressive or
conservative. Prince Kung was for forty years the leading figure
of the Chinese capital outside of the Forbidden City. He appeared
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