| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Marvelous Land of Oz by L. Frank Baum: severely."
"I defy you!" croaked the old hag. "You dare not harm me!"
Just then the Gump flew up to them and alighted upon the desert sands beside
Glinda. Our friends
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were delighted to find that Mombi had finally been captured, and after a
hurried consultation it was decided they should all return to the camp in
the Gump. So the Saw-Horse was tossed aboard, and then Glinda still holding
an end of the golden thread that was around Mombi's neck, forced her
prisoner to climb into the sofas. The others now followed, and Tip gave the
word to the Gump to return.
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Exiles by Honore de Balzac: through their veins like strange blood, hissing as it seemed, and full
of scorching sparks. Their pain was like an electric discharge. The
loud, heavy step of a man-at-arms sounded on the stairs with the iron
clank of his sword, his cuirass, and spurs; a soldier presently stood
before the astonished stranger.
"We can return to Florence," said the man, whose bass voice sounded
soft as he spoke in Italian.
"What is that you say?" asked the old man.
"The /Bianchi/ are triumphant."
"Are you not mistaken?" asked the poet.
"No, dear Dante!" replied the soldier, whose warlike tones rang with
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from A Legend of Montrose by Walter Scott: Gustavus (for so I have called him, after my invincible master)
accommodated myself; we are old friends and fellow-travellers,
and as I often need the use of his legs, I always lend him in my
turn the service of my tongue, to call for whatever he has
occasion for;" and accordingly he strode into the stable after
his steed without farther apology.
Neither Lord Menteith nor his attendants paid the same attention
to their horses, but, leaving them to the proffered care of the
servants of the place, walked forward into the house, where a
sort of dark vaulted vestibule displayed, among other
miscellaneous articles, a huge barrel of two-penny ale, beside
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