| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from One Basket by Edna Ferber: conversation was low-voiced, sinister, and terse, and their eyes
narrowed as they watched the overdressed, scarlet-lipped girls go
by. A great fear clutched at Ben Westerveld's heart.
The lack of exercise and manual labor began to tell on Ben. He
did not grow fat from idleness. Instead his skin seemed to sag
and hang on his frame, like a garment grown too large for him.
He walked a great deal. Perhaps that had something to do with
it. He tramped miles of city pave- ments. He was a very lonely
man. And then, one day, quite by accident, he came upon South
Water Street. Came upon it, stared at it as a water-crazed
traveler in a desert gazes upon the spring in the oasis, and
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Country Doctor by Honore de Balzac: drew up his plans at night. The sentries always saw him coming; he
neither ate nor slept. Therefore, recognizing these prodigies, the
soldier adopts him for his father. But, forward!
"The other folk there in Paris, seeing all this, say among themselves:
" 'Here is a pilgrim who appears to take his instructions from Heaven
above; he is uncommonly likely to lay a hand on France. We must let
him loose on Asia or America, and that, perhaps, will keep him quiet.
"The same thing was decreed for him as for Jesus Christ; for, as a
matter of fact, they give him orders to go on duty down in Egypt. See
his resemblance to the Son of God! That is not all, though. He calls
all his fire-eaters about him, all those into whom he had more
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath by H. P. Lovecraft: his ancient friend again, seemed very much impressed, and held
a conference with other chiefs a little apart from the growing
throng.
Finally, after scanning the ranks with care, the assembled
chiefs all meeped in unison and began glibbering orders to the
crowds of ghouls and night-gaunts. A large detachment of the horned
flyers vanished at once, while the rest grouped themselves two
by two on their knees with extended forelegs, awaiting the approach
of the ghouls one by one. As each ghoul reached the pair of night-gaunts
to which he was assigned, he was taken up and borne away into
the blackness; till at last the whole throng had vanished save
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