| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Chessmen of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs: restraining a smile. "Come, then, with me, woman," he said, "and
we shall find a safe place within The Towers of Jetan--but stay!
what ails thee?"
The girl had staggered and would have fallen had not the man
caught her in his arms. She seemed to gather herself then and
bravely sought to stand erect without support. A-Kor glanced at
U-Dor. "Knew you the woman was ill?" he asked.
"Possibly it is lack of food," replied the other. "She mentioned,
I believe, that she and her companions had not eaten for several
days."
"Brave are the warriors of O-Tar," sneered A-Kor; "lavish their
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Black Dwarf by Walter Scott: value o' the stock and plenishing that's been lost. Hobbie's
stalls and stakes shall be fou again or night; and if we canna
big up the auld house sae soon, we'se lay an English ane as low
as Heugh-foot is--and that's fair play, a' the warld ower."
This animating proposal was received with great applause by the
younger part of the assemblage, when a whisper ran among them,
"There's Hobbie himsell, puir fallow! we'll be guided by him."
The principal sufferer, having now reached the bottom of the
hill, pushed on through the crowd, unable, from the tumultuous
state of his feelings, to do more than receive and return the
grasps of the friendly hands by which his neighbours and kinsmen
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Riverman by Stewart Edward White: betraying Gerald's confidence. Raging inwardly, he consented to a
further armistice.
At his hotel he found a telegram. He did not open it until he had
reached his own room. It was from home, urging his immediate return
for the acceptance of some contracted work.
"To hell with the contracted work!" he muttered savagely, and
calling a bell-boy, sent an answer very much to that effect. Then
he plunged his hands into his pockets, stretched out his legs, and
fell into a deep and gloomy meditation.
He was interrupted by a knock on the door.
"Come in!" he called, without turning his head.
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