| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Montezuma's Daughter by H. Rider Haggard: be. If you win my kingdoms all is well; if I win the cocks, then
good-bye to the glory of Anahuac, for its people will cease to be a
people, and strangers shall possess the land.'
'Let us play and see,' said Montezuma, and they went down to the
place that is called tlachco, where the games are set. Here they
began the match with dice and at first all went well for Montezuma,
so that he called aloud that already he was lord of Tezcuco.
'May it be so!' answered the aged Neza, and from that moment the
chance changed. For strive as he would, Montezuma could not win
another point, and presently the set was finished, and Neza had won
the cocks. Now the music played, and courtiers came forward to
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass: An American Slave by Frederick Douglass: ance of some of our large city livery establishments.
His horses were of the finest form and noblest blood.
His carriage-house contained three splendid coaches,
three or four gigs, besides dearborns and barouches
of the most fashionable style.
This establishment was under the care of two
slaves--old Barney and young Barney--father and son.
To attend to this establishment was their sole work.
But it was by no means an easy employment; for in
nothing was Colonel Lloyd more particular than in
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from From the Earth to the Moon by Jules Verne: contained water and the necessary provisions; and fire
and light were procurable by means of gas, contained in a
special reservoir under a pressure of several atmospheres.
They had only to turn a tap, and for six hours the gas would
light and warm this comfortable vehicle.
There now remained only the question of air; for allowing for
the consumption of air by Barbicane, his two companions, and two
dogs which he proposed taking with him, it was necessary to
renew the air of the projectile. Now air consists principally
of twenty-one parts of oxygen and seventy-nine of nitrogen.
The lungs absorb the oxygen, which is indispensable for the support
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