| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Historical Lecturers and Essays by Charles Kingsley: importance. And the importance of that question cannot be
exaggerated. At a moment when Scotland seemed struggling in death-
throes of anarchy, civil and religious, and was in danger of
becoming a prey either to England or to France, if there could not
be formed out of the heart of her a people, steadfast, trusty,
united, strong politically because strong in the fear of God and the
desire of righteousness--at such a moment as this, a crime had been
committed, the like of which had not been heard in Europe since the
tragedy of Joan of Naples. All Europe stood aghast. The honour of
the Scottish nation was at stake. More than Mary or Bothwell were
known to be implicated in the deed; and--as Buchanan puts it in the
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Animal Farm by George Orwell: stretch of clear dry weather, and the animals toiled harder than ever,
thinking it well worth while to plod to and fro all day with blocks of
stone if by doing so they could raise the walls another foot. Boxer would
even come out at nights and work for an hour or two on his own by the
light of the harvest moon. In their spare moments the animals would walk
round and round the half-finished mill, admiring the strength and
perpendicularity of its walls and marvelling that they should ever have
been able to build anything so imposing. Only old Benjamin refused to grow
enthusiastic about the windmill, though, as usual, he would utter nothing
beyond the cryptic remark that donkeys live a long time.
November came, with raging south-west winds. Building had to stop because
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Research Magnificent by H. G. Wells: road. His commando was a little disposed to assume a marginal
position, and it had to be reassured. He was near enough for Benham
to see his face. For a time it looked anxious and thoughtful. Then
he seemed to jump to his decision. He unbuttoned and opened his
coat wide as if defying the soldiers. "Shoot," he bawled, "Shoot,
if you dare!"
A little uniform movement of the soldiers answered him. The small
figure of the officer away there was inaudible. The coat of the man
below flapped like the wings of a crowing cock before a breast of
dirty shirt, the hoarse voice cracked with excitement, "Shoot, if
you dare. Shoot, if you dare! See!"
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