| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Dracula by Bram Stoker: lights of the Count's evil face, the ridge of the nose,
the red eyes, the red lips, the awful pallor. It was only
for a moment, for, as Lord Godalming said, "I thought I saw
a face, but it was only the shadows," and resumed his inquiry,
I turned my lamp in the direction, and stepped into the passage.
There was no sign of anyone, and as there were no corners,
no doors, no aperture of any kind, but only the solid walls
of the passage, there could be no hiding place even for him.
I took it that fear had helped imagination, and said nothing.
A few minutes later I saw Morris step suddenly back from a corner,
which he was examining. We all followed his movements with our eyes,
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Copy-Cat & Other Stories by Mary E. Wilkins Freeman: did come to see Imogen."
"He didn't," said Benny, stoutly. "And that
isn't all. Say, Annie --"
"What?"
"Are you going to marry George Wells? It is
none of my business, but are you?"
Annie laughed a little, although her face was still
pale. She had folded the omelet and was carefully
watching it.
"You need not worry about that, Benny dear,"
she said.
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Tales of the Klondyke by Jack London: Mexican spurs, and shook the dust of the Idaho ranges from his
feet. In the first place, the encroachments of a steady, sober,
and sternly moral civilization had destroyed the primeval status
of the western cattle ranges, and refined society turned the cold
eye of disfavor upon him and his ilk. In the second place, in one
of its cyclopean moments the race had arisen and shoved back its
frontier several thousand miles. Thus, with unconscious
foresight, did mature society make room for its adolescent
members. True, the new territory was mostly barren; but its
several hundred thousand square miles of frigidity at least gave
breathing space to those who else would have suffocated at home.
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