| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Scarlet Pimpernel by Baroness Emmuska Orczy: himself: as he did so, he cast a quick, somewhat suspicious glance at
the two strangers, who had quietly resumed their game of dominoes, and
for a moment a look of deep earnestness, even of anxiety, clouded his
jovial young face.
But only for a moment; the next he turned to Mr. Hempseed, who
was respectfully touching his forelock.
"Well, Mr. Hempseed, and how is the fruit?"
"Badly, my lord, badly," replied Mr. Hempseed, dolefully, "but
what can you `xpect with this `ere government favourin' them rascals
over in France, who would murder their king and all their nobility."
"Odd's life!" retorted Lord Antony; "so they would, honest
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Caesar's Commentaries in Latin by Julius Caesar: deducturos aut denique indiligentius servaturos crediderant, partim cum
iis quae retinuerant et celaverant armis, partim scutis ex cortice factis
aut viminibus intextis, quae subito, ut temporis exiguitas postulabat,
pellibus induxerant, tertia vigilia, qua minime arduus ad nostras
munitiones accensus videbatur, omnibus copiis repente ex oppido eruptionem
fecerunt. Celeriter, ut ante Caesar imperaverat, ignibus significatione
facta, ex proximis castellis eo concursum est, pugnatumque ab hostibus ita
acriter est ut a viris fortibus in extrema spe salutis iniquo loco contra
eos qui ex vallo turribusque tela iacerent pugnari debuit, cum in una
virtute omnis spes consisteret. Occisis ad hominum milibus IIII reliqui
in oppidum reiecti sunt. Postridie eius diei refractis portis, cum iam
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood by Howard Pyle: within him, for he thought, "Surely my three hundred pounds
will be taken from me, even if they take not my life itself,
for I have plotted against their lives more than once."
But all seemed humble and meek and not a word was said of danger,
either to life or money.
So at last they came to that part of Sherwood Forest where a noble oak
spread its branches wide, and beneath it was a seat all made of moss,
on which Robin sat down, placing the Sheriff at his right hand.
"Now busk ye, my merry men all," quoth he, "and bring forth the best
we have, both of meat and wine, for his worship the Sheriff hath
feasted me in Nottingham Guild Hall today, and I would not have him
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