| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Twilight Land by Howard Pyle: this vast and measureless wealth of ancient Egypt.
There was space for a seventh statue, but where it should have
stood was a great arched door of adamant. The door was tightly
shut, and there was neither lock nor key to it. Upon the door
were written these words in letters of flame:
"Behold! Beyond this door is that alone which shall satisfy all
thy desires."
"Tell me, Zadok," said the young man, after he had filled his
soul with all the other wonders that surrounded him--"tell me
what is there that lies beyond that door?"
"That I am forbidden to tell thee, O master!" said the King of
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Early Short Fiction of Edith Wharton by Edith Wharton: The topmost bosses shake their blossoms free,
While from the triple portals, with grave eyes,
Tranquil, and fixed upon eternity,
The cloud of witnesses still testifies.
II.
The crimson panes like blood-drops stigmatize
The western floor. The aisles are mute and cold.
A rigid fetich in her robe of gold
The Virgin of the Pillar, with blank eyes,
Enthroned beneath her votive canopies,
Gathers a meagre remnant to her fold.
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Mrs. Warren's Profession by George Bernard Shaw: daughter with respect! What next, pray!
VIVIE [appearing at the cottage door and calling to Mrs Warren]
Mother: will you come to my room before tea?
MRS WARREN. Yes, dearie. [She laughs indulgently at Praed's
gravity, and pats him on the cheek as she passes him on her way
to the porch]. Dont be cross, Praddy. [She follows Vivie into
the cottage].
CROFTS [furtively] I say, Praed.
PRAED. Yes.
CROFTS. I want to ask you a rather particular question.
PRAED. Certainly. [He takes Mrs Warren's chair and sits close
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