| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Gift of the Magi by O. Henry: are wisest. They are the magi.
End of this Project Gutenberg Etext of THE GIFT OF THE MAGI.
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Fables by Robert Louis Stevenson: are worthless. Therefore, lads, if ye would wed my daughter, out
foot, and bring me the stone of touch, for that is the price of
her."
"A word in your ear," said the younger son to his father. "I think
we do very well without this stone."
"A word in yours," said the father. "I am of your way of thinking;
but when the teeth are shut the tongue is at home." And he smiled
to the King that was a priest.
But the elder son got to his feet, and called the King that was a
priest by the name of father. "For whether I marry the maid or no,
I will call you by that word for the love of your wisdom; and even
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Contrast by Royall Tyler: hot angry: may be it was because I buss'd her.
JESSAMY
No, no, Mr. Jonathan; there must be some other
cause; I never yet knew a lady angry at being kissed.
JONATHAN
Well, if it is not the young woman's bashfulness, I
vow I can't conceive why she shouldn't like me.
JESSAMY
May be it is because you have not the Graces, Mr.
Jonathan.
JONATHAN
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