| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Magic of Oz by L. Frank Baum: "On a raft," answered the Glass Cat. "It's over there now on the beach."
"I suppose you're not strong enough to bring the raft to this side,
are you?"
"No; I couldn't move it an inch," said the Cat.
"I'll try to get it for you," volunteered the Cowardly Lion. "I'm
dreadfully scared for fear the Magic Isle will capture me, too; but
I'll try to get the raft and bring it to this side for you."
"Thank you, my friend," said the Wizard.
So the Lion plunged into the river and swam with powerful strokes
across to where the raft was beached upon the island. Placing one paw
on the raft, he turned and struck out with his other three legs and so
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Lady Baltimore by Owen Wister: word of current slang elegantly by means of the shade of emphasis which
they lay upon it.
So Mrs. Weguelin smiled and her dark eyes danced a little. "You remember
I said that, then?"
"I remember everything that you said."
"How much have you seen of the creature?" demanded Mrs. Gregory, with her
head pretty high.
"Well, I'm seeing more, and more, and more every minute. She's rather
endless."
Mrs. Weguelin looked reproachful. "You surely cannot admire her, too?"
Mrs. Gregory hadn't understood me. "Oh, if you really can keep her away,
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Dead Souls by Nikolai Vasilievich Gogol: hours. Otherwise I will take the very hair off your head, and beat you
till you haven't a face left. Be off! Hurry!"
Selifan departed, and Chichikov, his ill-humour vented, threw down
upon the floor the poignard which he always took with him as a means
of instilling respect into whomsoever it might concern, and spent the
next quarter of an hour in disputing with a couple of blacksmiths--men
who, as usual, were rascals of the type which, on perceiving that
something is wanted in a hurry, at once multiplies its terms for
providing the same. Indeed, for all Chichikov's storming and raging as
he dubbed the fellows robbers and extortioners and thieves, he could
make no impression upon the pair, since, true to their character, they
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