| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Michael Strogoff by Jules Verne: nothing to the girl, he had not even questioned her. He
waited until she should speak to him, when that was neces-
sary. She had been anxious to leave that town, in which,
but for the providential intervention of this unexpected pro-
tector, she would have remained imprisoned. She said
nothing, but her looks spoke her thanks.
The Volga, the Rha of the ancients, the largest river in
all Europe, is almost three thousand miles in length. Its
waters, rather unwholesome in its upper part, are improved
at Nijni-Novgorod by those of the Oka, a rapid affluent,
issuing from the central provinces of Russia. The system
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from An International Episode by Henry James: said Percy Beaumont. "She said she felt very nervous.
I promised to keep you out of mischief."
"You had better take care of yourself," said the object of maternal
and ducal solicitude.
"Ah," rejoined the young barrister, "I haven't the expectation of a hundred
thousand a year, not to mention other attractions."
"Well," said Lord Lambeth, "don't cry out before you're hurt!"
It was certainly very much cooler at Newport, where our travelers
found themselves assigned to a couple of diminutive bedrooms
in a faraway angle of an immense hotel. They had gone ashore
in the early summer twilight and had very promptly put themselves
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Last War: A World Set Free by H. G. Wells: nations--with Kingship.'
Firmin turned himself round and faced his royal master.
'What do you intend to do, sir?' he asked. 'If you will not
listen to me, what do you propose to do this afternoon?'
The king flicked crumbs from his coat.
'Manifestly war has to stop for ever, Firmin. Manifestly this
can only be done by putting all the world under one government.
Our crowns and flags are in the way. Manifestly they must go.'
'Yes, sir,' interrupted Firmin, 'but WHAT government? I don't see
what government you get by a universal abdication!'
'Well,' said the king, with his hands about his knees, 'WE shall
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