| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Works of Samuel Johnson by Samuel Johnson: to pay the debts which he does not owe: nor can I
look with equal hatred upon him, who, at the hazard
of his life, holds out his pistol and demands my
purse, as on him who plunders under shelter of the
law, and by detaining my son or my friend in prison,
extorts from me the price of their liberty. No
man can be more an enemy to society than he, by
whose machinations our virtues are turned to our
disadvantage; he is less destructive to mankind
that plunders cowardice, than he that preys upon
compassion.
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Case of The Lamp That Went Out by Grace Isabel Colbron and Augusta Groner: "Well, I shouldn't call that a sign of any particular nervousness,
but rather an evidence of Mrs. Bernaner's devotion to her duty."
"Oh, yes, sir - but it certainly is queer that she should go into
the garden at four o'clock this morning and appear to be looking
for something along the paths and under the bushes. Even if a few
of the papers blew out of the window, or blew away from the summer
house, where the master writes sometimes, they couldn't have
scattered all over the garden like that."
Muller didn't follow up this subject any longer. There might come
a time when he would be interested in finding out the reason for
the housekeeper's search in the garden, but just at present he
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Foolish Virgin by Thomas Dixon: understand.
"What are you looking at me like that for?" she
panted.
Mary held her gaze in lingering pity. Her heart
went out now to the miserable creature trembling in the
presence of her victim. The blow must fall that would
crush the soul out of her body at one stroke. The gray
hair had tumbled over her distorted features, the
ragged dress had been torn from her throat in the
struggle and her flat, bony breast was exposed.
"You don't--have--to--go--to--New York--to--find--
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