| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Lesson of the Master by Henry James: he himself had just quitted; at least he drew that inference as he
recognised Henry St. George in the person who stepped out of the
hansom. Paul turned off as quickly as if he had been caught in the
act of spying. He gave up his cab - he preferred to walk; he would
go nowhere else. He was glad St. George hadn't renounced his visit
altogether - that would have been too absurd. Yes, the world was
magnanimous, and even he himself felt so as, on looking at his
watch, he noted but six o'clock, so that he could mentally
congratulate his successor on having an hour still to sit in Miss
Fancourt's drawing-room. He himself might use that hour for
another visit, but by the time he reached the Marble Arch the idea
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Song of Hiawatha by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow: Gitche Manito, the mighty,
Calls the tribes of men together,
Calls the warriors to his council!"
Down the rivers, o'er the prairies,
Came the warriors of the nations,
Came the Delawares and Mohawks,
Came the Choctaws and Camanches,
Came the Shoshonies and Blackfeet,
Came the Pawnees and Omahas,
Came the Mandans and Dacotahs,
Came the Hurons and Ojibways,
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson:
Treasure Island |
