| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Under the Andes by Rex Stout: king, but Desiree Le Mire!
She sat motionless, gazing directly at us. Her long gold hair
streamed over her shoulders in magnificent waves; a stiffly flowing
garment of some unknown texture covered her limbs and the lower
part of her body; her shoulders and breasts and arms were bare, and
shone with a dazzling whiteness.
Beside her was a smaller seat, also of gold, and on this
crouched the form of an Inca--the king. About them, at a
respectful distance, were ranged attendants and guards--a hundred
or more, for the alcove was of an impressive size. The light from
the four urns shone in upon it with such brightness that I could
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Betty Zane by Zane Grey: By this time the Colonel and Jonathan were standing in the shallow water
waiting to grasp the reins and lead the horses up the steep bank. Attracted by
the unusual sight of a wildly gesticulating group on the river bluff, the
settlers from the Fort hurried down to the scene of action. Capt. Boggs and
Alfred Clarke joined the crowd. Old Sam came running down from the barn. All
were intensely excited and Col. Zane and Jonathan reached for the bridles and
led the horses up the slippery incline.
"Eb, Jack, Silas, here I am alive and well," cried Isaac as he leaped from his
horse. "Betty, you darling, it's Isaac. Don't stand staring as if I were a
ghost."
Whereupon Betty ran to him, flung her arms around his neck and clung to him.
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Phaedrus by Plato: principle.
SOCRATES: Yes; and in the next place he must have a keen eye for the
observation of particulars in speaking, and not make a mistake about the
class to which they are to be referred.
PHAEDRUS: Certainly.
SOCRATES: Now to which class does love belong--to the debatable or to the
undisputed class?
PHAEDRUS: To the debatable, clearly; for if not, do you think that love
would have allowed you to say as you did, that he is an evil both to the
lover and the beloved, and also the greatest possible good?
SOCRATES: Capital. But will you tell me whether I defined love at the
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