| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Great God Pan by Arthur Machen: Villiers drew out a small thin parcel from his pocket.
It was covered with brown paper, and secured with string, and
the knots were troublesome. In spite of himself Clarke felt
inquisitive; he bent forward on his chair as Villiers painfully
undid the string, and unfolded the outer covering. Inside was a
second wrapping of tissue, and Villiers took it off and handed
the small piece of paper to Clarke without a word.
There was dead silence in the room for five minutes or
more; the two man sat so still that they could hear the ticking
of the tall old-fashioned clock that stood outside in the hall,
and in the mind of one of them the slow monotony of sound woke
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Story of an African Farm by Olive Schreiner: wanted to be alone. Gregory sat there to eat his breakfast, and the
landlady dusted the room and talked of the great finds at the Diamond
Fields, and the badness of maid-servants, and the shameful conduct of the
Dutch parson in that town to the English inhabitants. Gregory ate his
breakfast and listened to nothing. He had asked his one question, and had
had his answer; now she might talk on.
Presently a door in the corner opened and a woman came out--a Mozambiquer,
with a red handkerchief twisted round her head. She carried in her hand a
tray, with a slice of toast crumbled fine, and a half-filled cup of coffee,
and an egg broken open, but not eaten. Her ebony face grinned complacently
as she shut the door softly and said, "Good morning."
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Pellucidar by Edgar Rice Burroughs: canoe with dignified courtesy. To my inquiries relative
to Ja they explained that he had not been in the village
when our signals were heard, but that runners had been
sent out after him and that doubtless he was already
upon his way to the coast.
One of the men remembered me from the occasion of
my former visit to the island; he was extremely agree-
able the moment that he came close enough to recognize
me. He said that Ja would be delighted to welcome me,
and that all the tribe of Anoroc knew of me by repute,
and had received explicit instructions from their chief-
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