| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Figure in the Carpet by Henry James: heart. She didn't say, but I took the liberty of reading into her
words, that from the point of view of her marriage and also of her
eagerness, which was quite a match for mine, this was a solution
more prompt than could have been expected and more radical than
waiting for the old lady to swallow the dose. I candidly admit
indeed that at the time - for I heard from her repeatedly - I read
some singular things into Gwendolen's words and some still more
extraordinary ones into her silences. Pen in hand, this way, I
live the time over, and it brings back the oddest sense of my
having been, both for months and in spite of myself, a kind of
coerced spectator. All my life had taken refuge in my eyes, which
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Richard III by William Shakespeare: Enter RATCLIFF; CATESBY following
How now! what news?
RATCLIFF. Most mighty sovereign, on the western coast
Rideth a puissant navy; to our shores
Throng many doubtful hollow-hearted friends,
Unarm'd, and unresolv'd to beat them back.
'Tis thought that Richmond is their admiral;
And there they hull, expecting but the aid
Of Buckingham to welcome them ashore.
KING RICHARD. Some light-foot friend post to the Duke of
Norfolk.
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Master Key by L. Frank Baum: found the sides so steep he could not climb them, so he adjusted the
indicator to the word "up" and found it had still had enough power to
support his body while he clambered up the rocks to the level,
grass-covered space at the top.
Then, reclining upon his back, he gave himself up to thoughts of
how he might escape from his unpleasant predicament.
"Here I am, on a cannibal island, hundreds of miles from civilization,
with no way to get back," he reflected. "The family will look for me
every day, and finally decide I've broken my neck. The Demon will
call upon me when the week is up and won't find me at home; so I'll
miss the next three gifts. I don't mind that so much, for they might
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