| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Marvelous Land of Oz by L. Frank Baum: "Perhaps I was misinformed," stammered the Insect, shrinking back; "I never
knew the Wizard personally."
"Well, we did," retorted the Scarecrow, "and he was a very great Wizard, I
assure you. It is true he was guilty of some slight impostures, but unless
he was a great Wizard how -- let me ask -- could he have hidden this girl
Ozma so securely that no one can find her?"
"I -- I give it up!" replied the Woggle-Bug, meekly.
"That is the most sensible speech you've made," said the Tin Woodman.
"I must really make another effort to discover where this girl is hidden,"
resumed the Sorceress, thoughtfully. "I have in my library a book in which
is inscribed every action of the Wizard while he was in our land of Oz --
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Cromwell by William Shakespeare: But let that pass; the King doth love him well.
CROMWELL.
God morrow to my Lord of Winchester.
I know you bear me hard about the Abbey lands.
GARDINER.
Have I not reason, when religion is wronged?
You had no colour for what you have done.
CROMWELL.
Yes; the abolishing of Antichrist,
And of this Popish order from our Realm.
I am no enemy to religion,
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Salome by Oscar Wilde: d'Herodias et s'adresse e lui.] Viens ici. Tu as ete l'ami de
celui qui est mort, n'est-ce pas? Eh bien, il n'y a pas eu assez de
morts. Dites aux soldats qu'ils descendent et m'apportent ce que je
demande, ce que le tetrarque m'a promis, ce qui m'appartient. [Le
page recule. Elle s'adresse aux soldais.] Venez ici, soldats.
Descendez dans cette citerne, et apportez-moi la tete de cet homme.
[Les soldats reculent.] Tetrarque, tetrarque, commandez e vos
soldats de m'apporter la tete d'Iokanaan. [Un grand bras noir, le
bras du bourreau, sort de la citerne apportant sur un bouclier
d'argent la tete d'Iokanaan. Salome la saisit. Herode se cache le
visage, avec son manteau. Herodias sourit et s'evente. Les
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