| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Lair of the White Worm by Bram Stoker: my affections are in any way engaged, I can emphatically answer
'No!'--as indeed you will understand when presently I give you the
reason. Apart from that, there are the unpleasant details we
discussed the other day."
"Could you--would you mind giving me the reason now? It will help
us to understand what is before us, in the way of difficulty."
"Certainly, sir. My reason, on which I can fully depend, is that I
love another woman!"
"That clinches it. May I offer my good wishes, and, I hope, my
congratulations?"
"I am proud of your good wishes, sir, and I thank you for them. But
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Caesar's Commentaries in Latin by Julius Caesar: centurionibusque, quibus singulae naves erant attributae, constabat quid
agerent aut quam rationem pugnae insisterent. Rostro enim noceri non
posse cognoverant; turribus autem excitatis tamen has altitudo puppium ex
barbaris navibus superabat, ut neque ex inferiore loco satis commode tela
adigi possent et missa a Gallis gravius acciderent. Una erat magno usui
res praeparata a nostris, falces praeacutae insertae adfixaeque longuriis,
non absimili forma muralium falcium. His cum funes qui antemnas ad malos
destinabant comprehensi adductique erant, navigio remis incitato
praerumpebantur. Quibus abscisis antemnae necessario concidebant, ut, cum
omnis Gallicis navibus spes in velis armamentisque consisteret, his
ereptis omnis usus navium uno tempore eriperetur. Reliquum erat certamen
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Mucker by Edgar Rice Burroughs: The girl put the question.
"He says that straight up this ravine behind us there is a
little spring," translated the girl.
Byrne lifted Theriere in his arms, after loosening Oda Iseka's
feet and tethering him to his own belt with the same grass
rope; then he motioned the youth up the ravine.
"Walk beside me," he said to Barbara Harding, "an' keep
yer lamps peeled behind."
Thus, in silence, the party commenced the ascent of the trail
which soon became rough and precipitous, while behind them,
under cover of the brush, sneaked four trailing samurai.
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