| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from A Child's Garden of Verses by Robert Louis Stevenson: Around the fire my parents sit;
They sit at home and talk and sing,
And do not play at anything.
Now, with my little gun, I crawl
All in the dark along the wall,
And follow round the forest track
Away behind the sofa back.
There, in the night, where none can spy,
All in my hunter's camp I lie,
And play at books that I have read
Till it is time to go to bed.
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Father Damien by Robert Louis Stevenson: very officious,' says one. Another tells me he had fallen (as
other priests so easily do) into something of the ways and habits
of thought of a Kanaka; but he had the wit to recognise the fact,
and the good sense to laugh at" [over] "it. A plain man it seems
he was; I cannot find he was a popular."
B. "After Ragsdale's death" [Ragsdale was a famous Luna, or
overseer, of the unruly settlement] "there followed a brief term of
office by Father Damien which served only to publish the weakness
of that noble man. He was rough in his ways, and he had no
control. Authority was relaxed; Damien's life was threatened, and
he was soon eager to resign."
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Michael Strogoff by Jules Verne: had been mentioned several times, but he never asked either
thanks or favors, and when the exiles of Irkutsk thought of
forming themselves into a special corps, he was ignorant of
their intention of choosing him for their captain.
When the head of police mentioned this name, the Grand
Duke answered that it was not unknown to him.
"Indeed," remarked General Voranzoff, "Wassili Fedor
is a man of worth and courage. His influence over his com-
panions has always been very great."
"How long has he been at Irkutsk?" asked the Duke.
"For two years."
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