| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Before Adam by Jack London: I often wonder about this line of descent. I, the
modern, am incontestably a man; yet I, Big-Tooth, the
primitive, am not a man. Somewhere, and by straight
line of descent, these two parties to my dual
personality were connected. Were the Folk, before
their destruction, in the process of becoming men? And
did I and mine carry through this process? On the other
hand, may not some descendant of mine have gone in to
the Fire People and become one of them? I do not know.
There is no way of learning. One thing only is
certain, and that is that Big-Tooth did stamp into the
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Gift of the Magi by O. Henry: and receive gifts, such as they are wisest. Everywhere they
are wisest. They are the magi.
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Father Goriot by Honore de Balzac: love twice, you see! Good heavens! what nonsense I am talking, M.
Eugene! It is cold; you ought not to stay here. MON DIEU! so you
have heard her speak? What message did she give you for me?"
"None at all," said Eugene to himself; aloud he answered, "She
told me to tell you that your daughter sends you a good kiss."
"Good-night, neighbor! Sleep well, and pleasant dreams to you! I
have mine already made for me by that message from her. May God
grant you all your desires! You have come in like a good angel on
me to-night, and brought with you the air that my daughter
breathes."
"Poor old fellow!" said Eugene as he lay down. "It is enough to
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