| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Westward Ho! by Charles Kingsley: trembling from head to foot, and pushed on.
"For Heaven's sake! Look at the negroes on the barbecue!"
It was indeed time to stop; for on the barbecue, or terrace of
white plaster, which ran all round the front, lay sleeping full
twenty black figures.
"What will you do now? You must step over them to gain an
entrance."
"Wait here, and I will go up gently towards the window. She may
see me. She will see me as I step into the moonlight. At least I
know an air by which she will recognize me, if I do but hum a
stave."
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Marriage Contract by Honore de Balzac: back; incapable of anything, no matter what. He was born to be
ruined."
Paul wrung the hand of the old man and went on board. Mathias stood
upon the pier, looking at his client, who leaned against the shrouds,
defying the crowed before him with a glance of contempt. At the moment
when the sailors began to weigh anchor, Paul noticed that Mathias was
making signals to him with his handkerchief. The old housekeeper had
hurried to her master, who seemed to be excited by some sudden event.
Paul asked the captain to wait a moment, and send a boat to the pier,
which was done. Too feeble himself to go aboard, Mathias gave two
letters to a sailor in the boat.
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, 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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