| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from A Princess of Parms by Edgar Rice Burroughs: were requisitioned to transport the loot, which consisted
in arms, ammunition, silks, furs, jewels, strangely carved
stone vessels, and a quantity of solid foods and liquids,
including many casks of water, the first I had seen since my
advent upon Mars.
After the last load had been removed the warriors made
lines fast to the craft and towed her far out into the valley in
a southwesterly direction. A few of them then boarded her and
were busily engaged in what appeared, from my distant position,
as the emptying of the contents of various carboys upon the
dead bodies of the sailors and over the decks and works
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Flower Fables by Louisa May Alcott: her mantle off; but underneath they saw the pearl chain, shining with
a clear, soft light, that only glowed more brightly when they laid
their hands upon it.
"O give us this!" cried they; "it is far lovelier than all the rest,
and does not melt away like them; and see how brilliantly it glitters
in our hands. If we may but have this, all will be well, and you
are once more free."
And Ripple, safe again beneath her snow flake, gladly gave
the chain to them; and told them how the pearls they now placed
proudly on their breasts were formed of tears, which but for them
might still be flowing. Then the Spirits smiled most kindly on her,
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Secret Places of the Heart by H. G. Wells: is in India, taking up the Mardipore power scheme again now
that he is out of the army. . . . No, it is simply that I was
hopelessly disappointed with everything that a good woman and
a decent marriage had to give me. Pure disappointment and
vexation. The anti-climax to an immense expectation built up
throughout an imaginative boyhood and youth and early
manhood. I was shocked and ashamed at my own disappointment.
I thought it mean and base. Nevertheless this orderly
household into which I had placed my life, these almost
methodical connubialities . . . ."
He broke off in mid-sentence.
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