| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Black Dwarf by Walter Scott: draw the bond, and you to be at nae charge wi' the writings."
"Cut short thy jargon, and begone," said the Dwarf; "thy
loquacious bull-headed honesty makes thee a more intolerable
plague than the light-fingered courtier who would take a man's
all without troubling him with either thanks, explanation, or
apology. Hence, I say! thou art one of those tame slaves whose
word is as good as their bond. Keep the money, principal and
interest, until I demand it of thee."
"But," continued the pertinacious Borderer, "we are a' life-like
and death-like, Elshie, and there really should be some black and
white on this transaction. Sae just make me a minute, or
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Master Key by L. Frank Baum: without a word.
After a brief journey they came to a village, where Rob was thrust
into a brushwood hut and thrown upon the ground, still tightly bound.
"We light fire," said the chief. "Then kill little white man. Then
eat him."
With this comforting promise he went away and left Rob alone to think
the matter over.
"This is tough," reflected the boy, with a groan. "I never expected
to feed cannibals. Wish I was at home with mother and dad and the
girls. Wish I'd never seen the Demon of Electricity and his wonderful
inventions. I was happy enough before I struck that awful Master Key.
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from A Second Home by Honore de Balzac: existence. Would the source prove to be more beautiful than the river,
the desire more enchanting than its gratification, the thing hoped for
more delightful than the thing possessed?
"So the day is already at an end!" On hearing this exclamation from
her unknown friend when the dance was over, Caroline looked at him
compassionately, as his face assumed once more a faint shade of
sadness.
"Why should you not be as happy in Paris as you are here?" she asked.
"Is happiness to be found only at Saint-Leu? It seems to me that I can
henceforth never be unhappy anywhere."
Roger was struck by these words, spoken with the glad unrestraint that
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