| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Voice of the City by O. Henry: any benefit. I have the hay fever and the rheuma-
tism, and me car is full of ants.'
"Well, the night goes on, and the ex-tenants of
the Flats groans and stumbles around in the dark,
trying to find rest and recreation in the forest. The
children is screaming with the coldness, and the jan-
itor makes hot tea for 'em and keeps the fires going
with the signboards that point to the Tavern and the
Casino. The tenants try to lay down on the grass by
families in the dark, but you're lucky if you can sleep
next to a man from the same floor or believing in
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Essays of Francis Bacon by Francis Bacon: THERE be none of the affections, which have
been noted to fascinate or bewitch, but love
and envy. They both have vehement wishes; they
frame themselves readily into imaginations and
suggestions; and they come easily into the eye,
especially upon the present of the objects; which
are the points that conduce to fascination, if any
such thing there be. We see likewise, the Scripture
calleth envy an evil eye; and the astrologers, call
the evil influences of the stars, evil aspects; so that
still there seemeth to be acknowledged, in the act
Essays of Francis Bacon |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from When the Sleeper Wakes by H. G. Wells: expected of him. His nerves and muscles were quivering,
his mind was perhaps a little confused, but he
felt neither fear nor anger. His hand that had been
trodden upon throbbed and was hot. He was a little
nervous about his bearing. He knew he was not
afraid, but he was anxious not to seem afraid. In his
former life he had often been more excited in playing
games of skill. He was desirous of immediate action,
he knew he must not think too much in detail of the
huge complexity of the struggle about him lest he
should be paralysed by the sense of its intricacy.
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