| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Bucky O'Connor by William MacLeod Raine: "I don't know what to think yet. You're either a fool or a
traitor. I ain't quite made up my mind. When I find out you'll
ce'tainly hear from me straight. Come on, boys." And Neil
vanished through the door.
An hour later there came a knock at Leroy's door. Neil answered
his permission to enter, followed by the other trio of flushed
beauties. To the outlaw chief it was at once apparent with what
Dutch courage they had been fortifying themselves to some
resolve. It was characteristic of him, though he knew on how
precarious a thread his life was hanging, that disgust at the
foul breaths with which they were polluting the atmosphere was
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis Carroll: times as cold--just as I'm five times as rich as you are, AND
five times as clever!'
Alice sighed and gave it up. `It's exactly like a riddle with
no answer!' she thought.
`Humpty Dumpty saw it too,' the White Queen went on in a low
voice, more as if she were talking to herself. `He came to the
door with a corkscrew in his hand--'
`What did he want?' said the Red Queen.
`He said he WOULD come in,' the White Queen went on, `because
he was looking for a hippopotamus. Now, as it happened, there
wasn't such a thing in the house, that morning.'
Through the Looking-Glass |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Hated Son by Honore de Balzac: Excuse me, I will obey you; but I would rather be hanged."
The count smiled; then to efface that smile, which contrasted with the
expression of his face, he answered roughly:--
"Choose the strongest horse there is in the stable and follow me. We
shall ride like balls shot from an arquebuse. Be ready when I am
ready. I will ring to let you know."
Bertrand bowed in silence and went away; but when he had gone a few
steps he said to himself, as he listened to the howling of the
storm:--
"All the devils are abroad, jarnidieu! I'd have been surprised to see
this one stay quietly in his bed. We took Saint-Lo in just such a
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