| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Tour Through Eastern Counties of England by Daniel Defoe: over the bridge is in particular; yet they are all incorporated
together by the name of the university, and are governed apart and
distinct from the town which they are so intermixed with.
As their authority is distinct from the town, so are their
privileges, customs, and government; they choose representatives,
or members of Parliament for themselves, and the town does the like
for themselves, also apart.
The town is governed by a mayor and aldermen; the university by a
chancellor, and vice-chancellor, etc. Though their dwellings are
mixed, and seem a little confused, their authority is not so; in
some cases the vice-chancellor may concern himself in the town, as
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Rinkitink In Oz by L. Frank Baum: Suddenly the charcoal-burner espied a shoe lying upon
the ground, just beyond the high wall of the palace and
directly in his path. He picked it up and, seeing it
was a pretty shoe, although much too small for his own
foot, he put it in his pocket.
Soon after, on turning a corner of the wall, Nikobob
came to a dust-heap where, lying amidst a mass of
rubbish, was another shoe -- the mate to the one he had
before found. This also he placed in his pocket, saying
to himself:
"I have now a fine pair of shoes for my daughter
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Moon-Face and Other Stories by Jack London: absorbing from white light all the colors except those that we would have our
houses appear. When a substance reflects all the colors to the eye, it seems
to us white. When it absorbs all the colors, it is black. But, as I said
before, we have as yet no perfect black. All the colors are not absorbed. The
perfect black, guarding against high lights, will be utterly and absolutely
invisible. Look at that, for example."
He pointed to the palette lying on his work-table. Different shades of black
pigments were brushed on it. One, in particular, I could hardly see. It gave
my eyes a blurring sensation, and I rubbed them and looked again.
"That," he said impressively, "is the blackest black you or any mortal man
ever looked upon. But just you wait, and I'll have a black so black that no
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