| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Off on a Comet by Jules Verne: discovered in that direction. Thither, accordingly, it was determined
to proceed, and in a few hours after quitting the island of the tomb,
the _Dobryna_ was traversing the shallow waters that now covered
the peninsula of Dakhul, which had separated the Bay of Tunis from
the Gulf of Hammamet. For two days she continued an undeviating course,
and after a futile search for the coast of Tunis, reached the latitude
of 34 degrees.
Here, on the 11th of February, there suddenly arose the cry of "Land!"
and in the extreme horizon, right ahead, where land had never been before,
it was true enough that a shore was distinctly to be seen.
What could it be? It could not be the coast of Tripoli; for not only
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Salammbo by Gustave Flaubert: higher than the dust, like an eagle flying upon the flank of the
cohorts; and at every nod they closed up or darted forward; the throng
carried us towards each other; he looked at me, and I felt the cold
steel as it were in my heart."
"He selected the day, perhaps?" whispered Matho to himself.
They questioned each other, trying to discover what it was that had
brought the Suffet just when circumstances were most unfavourable.
They went on to talk over the situation, and Spendius, to extenuate
his fault, or to revive his courage, asserted that some hope still
remained.
"And if there be none, it matters not!" said Matho; "alone, I will
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Kenilworth by Walter Scott: himself over his golden fruit, and then, Tony, thy occupation is
ended. A word to the wise. Farewell! I must follow him."
He turned his horse, struck him with the spurs, and rode off
under the archway in pursuit of his lord.
"Would thy occupation were ended, or thy neck broken, damned
pander!" said Anthony Foster. "But I must follow his beck, for
his interest and mine are the same, and he can wind the proud
Earl to his will. Janet shall give me those pieces though; they
shall be laid out in some way for God's service, and I will keep
them separate in my strong chest, till I can fall upon a fitting
employment for them. No contagious vapour shall breathe on
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