| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe: order.
I found now that the seasons of the year might generally be
divided, not into summer and winter, as in Europe, but into the
rainy seasons and the dry seasons, which were generally thus:- The
half of February, the whole of March, and the half of April -
rainy, the sun being then on or near the equinox.
The half of April, the whole of May, June, and July, and the half
of August - dry, the sun being then to the north of the line.
The half of August, the whole of September, and the half of October
- rainy, the sun being then come back.
The half of October, the whole of November, December, and January,
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Voice of the City by O. Henry: cer's sidewalk display of goods and gave Freshmayer
a punch that caused him temporarily to regret that
he had not made it a rule to extend a five-cent line
of credit to certain customers. Then Hopkins took
spiritedly to his heels down the sidewalk, closely fol-
lowed by the cigar-dealer and the policeman, whose
uniform testified to the reason in the grocer's sign
that read: "Eggs cheaper than anywhere else in
the city."
As Hopkins ran he became aware of a big, low,
red, racing automobile that kept abreast of him in
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Pagan and Christian Creeds by Edward Carpenter: been men and women, historical characters round whom
a halo of romance and remoteness had gathered. Later
still, a school has arisen which thinks little of sungods,
and pays more attention to Earth and Nature spirits,
to gnomes and demons and vegetation-sprites, and to the
processes of Magic by which these (so it was supposed)
could be enlisted in man's service if friendly, or exorcised
if hostile.
[1] This extraordinary book, though carelessly composed and
containing many unproven statements, was on the whole on the
right lines. But it raised a storm of opposition--the more so
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