| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Ozma of Oz by L. Frank Baum: "A goose-egg!" echoed the horrified King. "How dreadful!"
"Well, a goose-egg you will be unless you go and fetch us the ornament
we want," declared Billina, with a joyful chuckle.
"You can see for yourself that Dorothy is able to use the magic belt
all right," added the Scarecrow.
The Nome King thought it over and finally consented, for he did not
want to be a goose-egg. So he went into the palace to get the
ornament which was the transformation of the Tin Woodman, and they all
awaited his return with considerable impatience, for they were anxious
to leave this underground cavern and see the sunshine once more. But
when the Nome King came back he brought nothing with him except a
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Village Rector by Honore de Balzac: consideration acted on his mind; he knew the laws and judged
impartially. His life, reduced to the merest necessaries, was pure and
regular. The peasants loved Monsieur Clousier and respected him for
the disinterested fatherly care with which he settled their
differences and gave them advice in their daily affairs. The "goodman
Clousier" as all Montegnac called him, had a nephew with him as clerk,
an intelligent young man, who afterwards contributed much to the
prosperity of the district.
Old Clousier's personal appearance was remarkable for a broad, high
forehead and two bushes of white hair which stood out from his head on
either side of it. His highly colored complexion and well-developed
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Return of Tarzan by Edgar Rice Burroughs: about it. Then, a moment later, they hurried down the canon
which Tarzan was threading a brief distance in advance of them.
They moved cautiously and in silence, taking advantage of shelter,
as men do who are stalking man.
Chapter 10
Through the Valley of the Shadow
As Tarzan walked down the wild canon beneath the brilliant
African moon the call of the jungle was strong upon him.
The solitude and the savage freedom filled his heart with
life and buoyancy. Again he was Tarzan of the Apes--every
sense alert against the chance of surprise by some jungle
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