| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Michael Strogoff by Jules Verne: this was requisite for a journey in Siberia.
Michael Strogoff, however, had neither cannon, nor horse-
men, nor foot-soldiers, nor beasts of burden. He would
travel in a carriage or on horseback, when he could; on foot,
when he could not.
There would be no difficulty in getting over the first
thousand miles, the distance between Moscow and the Rus-
sian frontier. Railroads, post-carriages, steamboats, re-
lays of horses, were at everyone's disposal, and consequently
at the disposal of the courier of the Czar.
Accordingly, on the morning of the 16th of July, having
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from All's Well That Ends Well by William Shakespeare: lord. I'll have no more pity of his age than I would have of--
I'll beat him, an if I could but meet him again.
[Re-enter LAFEU.]
LAFEU.
Sirrah, your lord and master's married; there's news for you; you
have a new mistress.
PAROLLES.
I most unfeignedly beseech your lordship to make some reservation
of your wrongs: he is my good lord: whom I serve above is my
master.
LAFEU.
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Child of Storm by H. Rider Haggard: shout that, although it was mixed with laughter at our pitiable
appearance, struck me as not altogether unfriendly. Amongst these men
was my horse, which stood with its head hanging down, looking very
depressed. I was helped on to its back, and, Scowl clinging to the
stirrup leather, we were led a distance of about a quarter of a mile to
Cetewayo.
We found him seated, in the full blaze of the evening sun, on the
eastern slope of one of the land-waves of the veld, with the open plain
in front of him. It was a strange and savage scene. There sat the
victorious prince, surrounded by his captains and indunas, while before
him rushed the triumphant regiments, shouting his titles in the most
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