| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Burning Daylight by Jack London: was caught, and caught because of the fact that for the first
time he had been playing the legitimate business game. In the
old days, such a panic, with the accompanying extreme shrinkage
of values, would have been a golden harvest time for him. As it
was, he watched the gamblers, who had ridden the wave of
prosperity and made preparation for the slump, getting out from
under and safely scurrying to cover or proceeding to reap a
double harvest. Nothing remained for him but to stand fast and
hold up.
He saw the situation clearly. When the banks demanded that he
pay his loans, he knew that the banks were in sore need of the
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Spirit of the Border by Zane Grey: the pioneer, drew them all into one large family. This was another cabin;
another home; another advance toward the conquering of the wilderness, for
which these brave men and women were giving their lives. In the bright-eyed
children's glee, when they clapped their little hands at the mounting logs,
Joe saw the progress, the march of civilization.
"Well, I'm sorry you're to leave us to-night," remarked Colonel Zane to Joe,
as the young man came over to where he, his wife, and sister watched the work.
"Jonathan said all was ready for your departure at sundown."
"Do we travel by night?"
"Indeed, yes, my lad. There are Indians everywhere on the river. I think,
however, with Jack and Lew handling the paddles, you will slip by safely. The
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Gods of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs: "Haste!" he cried. "If we delay, we all are lost. The pumps
of Omean have been stopped. They would drown us like rats
in a trap. We must reach the upper levels of the pits in
advance of the flood or we shall never reach them. Come."
"Lead the way, Carthoris," I cried. "We will follow."
At my command, the youth leaped into one of the corridors,
and in column of twos the soldiers followed him in good order,
each company entering the corridor only at the command of
its dwar, or captain.
Before the last company filed from the chamber the water
was ankle deep, and that the men were nervous was quite
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