| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Westward Ho! by Charles Kingsley: for the rascal; but what if he kills Cary?"
"Worse still. Cary must not be killed. I am very angry with him,
but he is too good a lad to be lost; and his father would never
forgive us. We must strike up their swords at the first scratch."
"It will make them very mad, sir."
"Hang them! let them fight us then, if they don't like our counsel.
It must be, Arthur."
"Be sure, sir," said Arthur, "that whatsoever you shall command I
shall perform. It is only too great an honor to a young man as I
am to find myself in the same duel with your worship, and to have
the advantage of your wisdom and experience."
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Where There's A Will by Mary Roberts Rinehart: It's my belief Mr. von Inwald was going to say something nice.
He smiled as if he meant to, but just then he saw Mr. Pierce in
his corner sneering behind his pipe. They looked at each other
steadily, and nobody could mistake the hate in Mr. Pierce's face
or his sneer. After a minute the prince looked away and shrugged
his shoulders, but he didn't make his pretty speech.
"American women!" he said, turning his glass of spring water
around on the table before him, "they are very lovely, of
course." He looked around and there were Mrs. Moody and Mrs.
Biggs and Miss Cobb, and he even glanced at me in the spring.
Then he looked again at Mr. Pierce and kept his eyes there. "But
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Flame and Shadow by Sara Teasdale: Forgotten time out of mind
And many as bubbles of foam.
Here for a moment's space
Into the light out of darkness,
I come and they come with me
Finding words with my breath;
From the wisdom of many life-times
I hear them cry: "Forever
Seek for Beauty, she only
Fights with man against Death!"
III
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