| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from A Legend of Montrose by Walter Scott: "And what luck is it then that you expect?" said Allan; and
straining his eyes until they almost started from their sockets,
he fell with a convulsive shudder into the arms of Donald and his
brother, who, knowing the nature of his fits, had come near to
prevent his fall. They seated him upon a bench, and supported
him until he came to himself, and was about to speak.
For God's sake, Allan," said his brother, who knew the impression
his mystical words were likely to make on many of the guests,
"say nothing to discourage us."
"Am I he who discourages you?" said Allan; "let every man face
his weird as I shall face mine. That which must come, will come;
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Agnes Grey by Anne Bronte: the trees. Ere long, even they were left in shadow - the shadow of
the distant hills, or of the earth itself; and, in sympathy for the
busy citizens of the rookery, I regretted to see their habitation,
so lately bathed in glorious light, reduced to the sombre, work-a-
day hue of the lower world, or of my own world within. For a
moment, such birds as soared above the rest might still receive the
lustre on their wings, which imparted to their sable plumage the
hue and brilliance of deep red gold; at last, that too departed.
Twilight came stealing on; the rooks became more quiet; I became
more weary, and wished I were going home to-morrow. At length it
grew dark; and I was thinking of ringing for a candle, and betaking
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from In the South Seas by Robert Louis Stevenson: another. None appeared to greet or to oppose them; they roamed a
while among abandoned huts and empty thickets; then formed two
parties and set forth to beat, from end to end, the pandanus jungle
of the island. One man remained alone by the landing-place -
Teina, a chief of Anaa, leader of the armed natives who made the
strength of the expedition. Now that his comrades were departed
this way and that, on their laborious exploration, the silence fell
profound; and this silence was the ruin of the islanders. A sound
of stones rattling caught the ear of Teina. He looked, thinking to
perceive a crab, and saw instead the brown hand of a human being
issue from a fissure in the ground. A shout recalled the search
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