| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Pellucidar by Edgar Rice Burroughs: chief, an old man, had never seen either. So, when he
sighted us, he put out to overwhelm us, bringing with
him a fleet of about a hundred large war-canoes,
loaded to capacity with javelin-armed warriors. It was
pitiful, and I told Ja as much. It seemed a shame to
massacre these poor fellows if there was any way out of
it.
To my surprise Ja felt much as I did. He said he had
always hated to war with other Mezops when there were
so many alien races to fight against. I suggested that
we hail the chief and request a parley; but when Ja
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Princess by Alfred Tennyson: They mastered ~me~. At last she begged a boon,
A certain summer-palace which I have
Hard by your father's frontier: I said no,
Yet being an easy man, gave it: and there,
All wild to found an University
For maidens, on the spur she fled; and more
We know not,--only this: they see no men,
Not even her brother Arac, nor the twins
Her brethren, though they love her, look upon her
As on a kind of paragon; and I
(Pardon me saying it) were much loth to breed
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Tapestried Chamber by Walter Scott: absolute necessity of his departure in a manner which silenced
all opposition on the part of his host, who saw that his
resolution was taken, and forbore all further importunity.
"At least, however," he said, "permit me, my dear Browne, since
go you will or must, to show you the view from the terrace, which
the mist, that is now rising, will soon display."
He threw open a sash-window, and stepped down upon the terrace as
he spoke. The General followed him mechanically, but seemed
little to attend to what his host was saying, as, looking across
an extended and rich prospect, he pointed out the different
objects worthy of observation. Thus they moved on till Lord
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