| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from An International Episode by Henry James: but in crossing Union Square, in front of the monument to Washington--
in the very shadow, indeed, projected by the image of the --one of them remarked to the other, "It seems
a rum-looking place."
"Ah, very odd, very odd," said the other, who was the clever
man of the two.
"Pity it's so beastly hot," resumed the first speaker after a pause.
"You know we are in a low latitude," said his friend.
"I daresay," remarked the other.
"I wonder," said the second speaker presently, "if they can give
one a bath?"
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Twilight Land by Howard Pyle: was full to the brim of silver money.
Were they happy? Well, they were happy! They danced around and
around the chest, for they had never seen so much money in all
their lives before. "Brothers," said Joseph, in exultation, "here
is enough for all hands, and it shall be share and share alike
with us, for haven't we studied seven long years together?" And
so for a while they were as happy as happy could be.
But by-and-by a flock of second thoughts began to buzz in the
heads of John and Jacob Stuck. "Why," said they, "as for that, to
be sure, a chest of silver money is a great thing for three
students to find who had nothing better than book-learning to
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Tarzan and the Jewels of Opar by Edgar Rice Burroughs: accompanied them and to these was delegated the
business of tracking the quarry, a feat beyond the
senses of the Oparians. La commanded. She arranged
the order of march, she selected the camps, she set the
hour for halting and the hour for resuming and though
she was inexperienced in such matters, her native
intelligence was so far above that of the men or the
apes that she did better than they could have done.
She was a hard taskmaster, too, for she looked down
with loathing and contempt upon the misshapen creatures
amongst which cruel Fate had thrown her and to some
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