| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Dracula by Bram Stoker: True, we did not know whence, or how, or when, the bolt would come.
But I think we all expected that something strange would happen.
The day of arrival at Varna made us individually satisfied that things
would not be just as we had expected. We only waited to learn where
the change would occur. None the less, however, it was a surprise.
I suppose that nature works on such a hopeful basis that we believe
against ourselves that things will be as they ought to be, not as we
should know that they will be. Transcendentalism is a beacon to the angels,
even if it be a will-o'-the-wisp to man. Van Helsing raised his hand
over his head for a moment, as though in remonstrance with the Almighty.
But he said not a word, and in a few seconds stood up with his
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Shakespeare's Sonnets by William Shakespeare: Thy self thy foe, to thy sweet self too cruel:
Thou that art now the world's fresh ornament,
And only herald to the gaudy spring,
Within thine own bud buriest thy content,
And tender churl mak'st waste in niggarding:
Pity the world, or else this glutton be,
To eat the world's due, by the grave and thee.
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When forty winters shall besiege thy brow,
And dig deep trenches in thy beauty's field,
Thy youth's proud livery so gazed on now,
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Ruling Passion by Henry van Dyke: "Why not? Because of the old friendship. Because he pulled me out
of the river long ago. Because I am still his friend. Because now
he hates me too much. Because it would be a black fight. Because
shame and evil would come of it, whoever won. That is what I fear,
'Toinette!"
Her hand slipped suddenly away from his. She stepped back from the
gate.
"TIENS! You have fear, Monsieur Leclere! Truly I had not thought
of that. It is strange. For so strong a man it is a little stupid
to be afraid. Good-night. I hear my father calling me. Perhaps
some one in the store who wants to be served. You must tell me
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