| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Night and Day by Virginia Woolf: of England," she attempted. "It's too silly--I won't go on."
"We were there together?" he pressed her.
"No. I was alone." She seemed to be disappointing the desire of a
child. His face fell.
"You're always alone there?"
"I can't explain." She could not explain that she was essentially
alone there. "It's not a mountain in the North of England. It's an
imagination--a story one tells oneself. You have yours too?"
"You're with me in mine. You're the thing I make up, you see."
"Oh, I see," she sighed. "That's why it's so impossible." She turned
upon him almost fiercely. "You must try to stop it," she said.
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Tarzan the Untamed by Edgar Rice Burroughs: which contained the smaller ones were of pottery while those
within them were quite evidently of hammered gold. To her
intense surprise she found lying between the smaller vessels a
spoon and a fork, which, while of quaint design, were quite as
serviceable as any she had seen in more civilized communities.
The tines of the fork were quite evidently of iron or steel, the
girl did not know which, while the handle and the spoon were
of the same material as the smaller vessels.
There was a highly seasoned stew with meat and vegetables,
a dish of fresh fruit, and a bowl of milk beside which was a
little jug containing something which resembled marmalade.
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Secret Places of the Heart by H. G. Wells: she did not betray her knowledge. "That holiday did him a
world of good," she said. "He came back to his work like a
giant. I feel very grateful to you."
Dr. Martineau said it was a pleasure to have helped Sir
Richmond's work in any way. He believed in him thoroughly.
Sir Richmond was inspired by great modern creative ideas.
"Forgive me if I keep you talking about him," said Lady
Hardy. "I wish I could feel as sure that I had been of use to
him."
Dr. Martineau insisted. "I know very well that you are."
"I do what I can to help him carry his enormous burthen of
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