| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Gift of the Magi by O. Henry: are wisest. They are the magi.
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Talisman by Walter Scott: bulky form seemed almost entirely to fill.
The interior of the hut was chiefly occupied by two beds. One
was empty, but composed of collected leaves, and spread with an
antelope's hide. It seemed, from the articles of armour laid
beside it, and from a crucifix of silver, carefully and
reverentially disposed at the head, to be the couch of the knight
himself. The other contained the invalid, of whom Sir Kenneth
had spoken, a strong-built and harsh-featured man, past, as his
looks betokened, the middle age of life. His couch was trimmed
more softly than his master's, and it was plain that the more
courtly garments of the latter, the loose robe in which the
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Wrong Box by Stevenson & Osbourne: painted warning on the box. 'Then you were told nothing about
this?'
'No,' responded Julia. 'O, Mr Forsyth, don't you think we might
take a peep at it?'
'Yes, indeed,' cried Gideon. 'Just let me have a hammer.'
'Come down, and I'll show you where it is,' cried Julia. 'The
shelf is too high for me to reach'; and, opening the door of the
kitchen stair, she bade Gideon follow her. They found both the
hammer and a chisel; but Gideon was surprised to see no sign of a
servant. He also discovered that Miss Hazeltine had a very pretty
little foot and ankle; and the discovery embarrassed him so much
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