| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from 1492 by Mary Johntson: what they found and where they were. We were at ease
about the Admiral. We had had letters.
He was in Granada, dressed again in crimson and gold,
towering again with his silver head, honored and praised.
When first he came into the Queen's presence she had
trembled a little and turned pale, and there was water in her
eyes. ``Master Christopherus, forgive us! Whereupon,''
said the letter, ``I wept with her.''
Apparently all honors were back; he moved Admiral and
Viceroy. His brothers, his sons, all his house walked in a
spring sun. He had been shown the letters from Bobadilla,
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Twilight Land by Howard Pyle: centre of that again a carpet, ragged and worn, spread out upon
the smooth stones. Without saying a word, the old man seated
himself upon one end of this carpet, and motioned to the
spendthrift to seat himself with his basket at the other end;
then--
"Are you ready?" said the old man.
"Yes," said the young man, "I am."
"Then, by the horn of Jacob," said the old man, "I command thee,
O Carpet! to bear us over hill and valley, over lake and river,
to that spot whither I wish to go." Hardly had the words left his
mouth when away flew the carpet, swifter than the swiftest wind,
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Glimpses of the Moon by Edith Wharton: have, probably."
"No other pearls?"
"No other jewels at all."
Clarissa stared. "Is that really true?" she asked, as if in
the presence of the unprecedented.
"Awfully true," Susy confessed. "But I think I can make the
servants obey me all the same."
This point seemed to have lost its interest for Clarissa, who
was still gravely scrutinizing her companion. After a while she
brought forth another question.
"Did you have to give up all your jewels when you were
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