| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Mad King by Edgar Rice Burroughs: hension of danger from the outside.
The girl found the boudoir not only beautiful, but ex-
tremely comfortable and cozy. A huge log-fire blazed upon
the hearth, and, though it was summer, its warmth was
most welcome, for the night was chill. Across the room from
the fireplace a full length oil of a former Blentz princess
looked down in arrogance upon the unwilling occupant of
the room. It seemed to the girl that there was an expression
of annoyance upon the painted countenance that another,
and an enemy of her house, should be making free with her
belongings. She wondered a little, too, that this huge oil
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Frankenstein by Mary Shelley: which had not yet arrived at Leghorn.
"When alone, Safie resolved in her own mind the plan of conduct
that it would become her to pursue in this emergency. A residence
in Turkey was abhorrent to her; her religion and her feelings were
alike averse to it. By some papers of her father which fell into
her hands she heard of the exile of her lover and learnt the name
of the spot where he then resided. She hesitated some time,
but at length she formed her determination. Taking with her
some jewels that belonged to her and a sum of money, she quitted
Italy with an attendant, a native of Leghorn, but who understood
the common language of Turkey, and departed for Germany.
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Meno by Plato: SOCRATES: And must they not suppose that those who are hurt are miserable
in proportion to the hurt which is inflicted upon them?
MENO: How can it be otherwise?
SOCRATES: But are not the miserable ill-fated?
MENO: Yes, indeed.
SOCRATES: And does any one desire to be miserable and ill-fated?
MENO: I should say not, Socrates.
SOCRATES: But if there is no one who desires to be miserable, there is no
one, Meno, who desires evil; for what is misery but the desire and
possession of evil?
MENO: That appears to be the truth, Socrates, and I admit that nobody
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