| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Peter Pan by James M. Barrie: his onset, hoping suddenly to end all with a favourite thrust,
taught him long ago by Barbecue at Rio; but to his astonishment he
found this thrust turned aside again and again. Then he sought to
close and give the quietus with his iron hook, which all this time
had been pawing the air; but Peter doubled under it and, lunging
fiercely, pierced him in the ribs. At the sight of his own blood,
whose peculiar colour, you remember, was offensive to him,
the sword fell from Hook's hand, and he was at Peter's mercy.
"Now!" cried all the boys, but with a magnificent gesture Peter
invited his opponent to pick up his sword. Hook did so instantly,
but with a tragic feeling that Peter was showing good form.
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Confidence by Henry James: it 's hard, in such a case, to put one's self in the woman's
point of view. But I should think it would matter, some day
or other, to poor Gordon. She herself can't help suspecting
it may make a difference in his happiness, and she therefore
does n't wish to seem any worse to him than is necessary.
She wants me to speak well of her; if she intends to deceive him
she expects me to back her up. The wish is doubtless natural,
but for a proud girl it is rather an odd favor to ask.
Oh yes, she 's a proud girl, even though she has been able
to arrange it with her conscience to make a mercenary marriage.
To expect me to help her is perhaps to treat me as a friend;
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Gods of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs: "Since the beginning of time, little by little, stone by stone,
have the therns been ever adding to the defences of their
stronghold. A continuous line of impregnable fortifications
circles the outer slopes of the Mountains of Otz.
"Within the temples that lie behind the ramparts a million
fighting-men are ever ready. The courts and gardens are
filled with slaves, with women and with children.
"None could go a stone's throw without detection."
"If there is no other way, Thuvia, why dwell upon the
difficulties of this. We must face them."
"Can we not better make the attempt after dark?" asked
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