| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood by Howard Pyle: would befall the honest fellow, and he pictured to himself
the Bishop's face when good Quince was brought before him as
Robin Hood. Then, turning his steps once more to the eastward,
he stepped out right foot foremost toward Nottinghamshire
and Sherwood Forest.
But Robin Hood had gone through more than he wotted of.
His journey from London had been hard and long, and in a se'ennight
he had traveled sevenscore and more of miles. He thought now to
travel on without stopping until he had come to Sherwood, but ere
he had gone a half a score of miles he felt his strength giving way
beneath him like a river bank which the waters have undermined.
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from A Legend of Montrose by Walter Scott: garrison of Inverness, formed a considerable army, with which he
threatened Montrose from Inverness-shire. Enclosed in a wasted
and unfriendly country, and menaced on each side by advancing
enemies of superior force, it might have been supposed that
Montrose's destruction was certain. But these were precisely the
circumstances under which the active and enterprising genius of
the Great Marquis was calculated to excite the wonder and
admiration of his friends, the astonishment and terror of his
enemies. As if by magic, he collected his scattered forces from
the wasteful occupation in which they had been engaged; and
scarce were they again united, ere Argyle and his associate
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from An Ideal Husband by Oscar Wilde: Radicals, we shall have you Prime Minister, some day.
[Enter MASON.]
MASON. Luncheon is on the table, my Lady!
[MASON goes out.]
MABEL CHILTERN. You'll stop to luncheon, Lord Caversham, won't you?
LORD CAVERSHAM. With pleasure, and I'll drive you down to Downing
Street afterwards, Chiltern. You have a great future before you, a
great future. Wish I could say the same for you, sir. [To LORD
GORING.] But your career will have to be entirely domestic.
LORD GORING. Yes, father, I prefer it domestic.
LORD CAVERSHAM. And if you don't make this young lady an ideal
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