| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Jungle Tales of Tarzan by Edgar Rice Burroughs: Pushing through them, he made his way toward Teeka;
but as he approached her the ape drew away.
"Teeka," he said, "it is Tarzan. You belong to Tarzan.
I have come for you."
The ape drew closer, looking him over carefully.
Finally she sniffed at him, as though to make assurance
doubly sure.
"Where is Taug?" she asked.
"The Gomangani have him," replied Tarzan. "They will
kill him."
In the eyes of the she, Tarzan saw a wistful expression
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Democracy In America, Volume 2 by Alexis de Toqueville: of making this appeal is by the press. Thus the liberty of the
press is infinitely more valuable amongst democratic nations than
amongst all others; it is the only cure for the evils which
equality may produce. Equality sets men apart and weakens them;
but the press places a powerful weapon within every man's reach,
which the weakest and loneliest of them all may use. Equality
deprives a man of the support of his connections; but the press
enables him to summon all his fellow- countrymen and all his
fellow-men to his assistance. Printing has accelerated the
progress of equality, and it is also one of its best correctives.
I think that men living in aristocracies may, strictly
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Under the Andes by Rex Stout: "Yes," I interposed. "Let's get out of here. It's horrible.
And yet how can we go? I can hardly stand."
But Harry was now the one who argued for delay, saying that
our retreat was the safest place we could find, and that we should
wait at least until I had had time to recover from the strain of
the last half-hour. Realizing that in my weakened condition I
would be a hindrance to them rather than a help, I consented.
Besides, if the thing reappeared I could avoid it as Harry and
Desiree had done.
"What is it?" Harry asked presently.
We were sitting side by side, well up against the wall. It
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