| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Bronte Sisters: 'I will do both, Mr. Markham. God knows he will have temptations
enough to assail him, both from within and without, when I have
done all I can to render vice as uninviting to him, as it is
abominable in its own nature - I myself have had, indeed, but few
incentives to what the world calls vice, but yet I have experienced
temptations and trials of another kind, that have required, on many
occasions, more watchfulness and firmness to resist than I have
hitherto been able to muster against them. And this, I believe, is
what most others would acknowledge who are accustomed to
reflection, and wishful to strive against their natural
corruptions.'
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Damaged Goods by Upton Sinclair: spoke. "Why?" he inquired at last.
"Because--he--the nurse's doctor--had frightened me so--"
"Truly?"
"Yes. It is a disease--" again she stopped.
George cried, in a voice of agony, "and then?"
"Then I asked him if the matter was so grave that I could not be
satisfied with our ordinary doctor."
"And what did he answer?"
"He said that if we had the means it would really be better to
consult a specialist."
George looked at his mother again. He was able to do it, because
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Lone Star Ranger by Zane Grey: come in, and she had hysterics. The girls were still and white.
The robber Bill lay where he had fallen, and Duane guessed he
had made a fair shot, after all. And, lastly, the thing that
struck Duane most of all was Longstreth's rage. He never saw
such passion. Like a caged lion Longstreth stalked and roared.
There came a quieter moment in which the innkeeper shrilly
protested:
"Man, what're you ravin' aboot? Nobody's hurt, an' thet's
lucky. I swear to God I hadn't nothin' to do with them
fellers!"
"I ought to kill you anyhow!" replied Longstreth. And his voice
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