| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Plutarch's Lives by A. H. Clough: Sicyonians, and by a decree of the Corinthians, accepted
Aratus's estate as a gift.
In the meantime, Antigonus, with a great army, was passing
Geranea; and Cleomenes, thinking it more advisable to fortify
and garrison, not the isthmus, but the mountains called Onea,
and by a war of posts and positions to weary the Macedonians,
rather than to venture a set battle with the highly
disciplined phalanx, put his design in execution, and very
much distressed Antigonus. For he had not brought victuals
sufficient for his army; nor was it easy to force a way
through, whilst Cleomenes guarded the pass. He attempted by
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Octopus by Frank Norris: Hooven, whose wounds had all been in the face and head, were
covered with a tablecloth. Upon the floor, places were made for
the others. Cutter and Ruggles rode into Guadalajara to bring
out the doctor there, and to telephone to Bonneville for others.
Osterman had not at any time since the shooting, lost
consciousness. He lay upon the floor of Hooven's house, bare to
the waist, bandages of adhesive tape reeved about his abdomen and
shoulder. His eyes were half-closed. Presley, who looked after
him, pending the arrival of a hack from Bonneville that was to
take him home, knew that he was in agony.
But this poser, this silly fellow, this cracker of jokes, whom no
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Riverman by Stewart Edward White: feet of pine. On this they had paid $150,000, and owed still a like
amount. They borrowed $75,000 on it, giving a note secured by
mortgage due in 1883. Orde took this, giving in return his note
secured by the Boom Company's stock. In 1879 and 1880 they made the
two final payments on the timber; so that by the latter date they
owned the land free of encumbrance save for the mortgage of $75,000.
Since Newmark's plan had always contemplated the eventual
foreclosure of this mortgage, it now became necessary further to
encumber the property. Otherwise, since a property worth
considerably above $300,000 carried only a $75,000 mortgage, it
would be possible, when the latter came due, to borrow a further sum
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