| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Underdogs by Mariano Azuela: . . . a timeserver."
Demetrio Macias was too elated to listen to him.
"I'm a colonel, my lad! And you're my secretary!"
Demetrio's men made many acquaintances that eve-
ning; much liquor flowed to celebrate new friendships.
Of course men are not necessarily even tempered, nor is
alcohol a good counselor; quarrels naturally ensued.
Yet many differences that occurred were smoothed out in
a friendly spirit, outside the saloons, restaurants, or broth-
els.
On the morrow, casualties were reported. Always a few
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Master of the World by Jules Verne: been ascended within my knowledge."
"The fact is," I responded, "that it would be much toil for very
little profit. And if we had not special reasons to persist in our
attempt"
"You never said a truer word," declared Harry Horn. "My comrade and I
have scaled the Black Dome several times, but we never met such
obstacles as these."
"The difficulties seem almost impassable," added James Bruck.
The question now was to determine to which side we should turn for a
new route; to right, as to left, arose impenetrable masses of trees
and bushes. In truth even the scaling of cliffs would have been more
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Duchess of Padua by Oscar Wilde: DUCHESS
I have seen to that.
GUIDO
Tarry here for me.
DUCHESS
No, you are not going?
You will not leave me as you did before?
GUIDO
I will return within a moment's space,
But first I must repair to the Duke's chamber,
And leave this letter and this dagger there,
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