| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Twilight Land by Howard Pyle: and robbed him of it all. John had carried away his pockets and
his hat full of gold, and had lived like a prince as long as it
had lasted. Then he had gone back for more, but in the meantime
some rogue had come along and had stolen it all. Yes; that was
what had happened, and now they were as poor as ever.
Jacob Stuck welcomed them and brought them in and made much of
them.
Well, the truth is truth, and this is it: It is better to have a
little bit of good luck to help one in what one undertakes than
to have a chest of silver or a chest of gold.
"And now for your story, holy knight," said Fortunatus to St.
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from To-morrow by Joseph Conrad: dash my soul! And do you know the Judy, may
I ask?"
She shook all over with noiseless dry sobs; but
he was fuming and fretting too much to notice her
distress. He bit his thumb with rage at the mere
idea. A window rattled up.
"A grinning, information fellow," pronounced
old Hagberd dogmatically, in measured tones.
And the sound of his voice seemed to Bessie to make
the night itself mad--to pour insanity and dis-
aster on the earth. "Now I know what's wrong
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Men of Iron by Howard Pyle: Prince both in France and Spain, and in long years of war had
gained a practical knowledge of arms that few could surpass.
Besides the use of the broadsword, the short sword, the
quarter-staff, and the cudgel, he taught Myles to shoot so
skilfully with the long- bow and the cross-bow that not a lad in
the country-side was his match at the village butts. Attack and
defence with the lance, and throwing the knife and dagger were
also part of his training.
Then, in addition to this more regular part of his physical
training, Myles was taught in another branch not so often
included in the military education of the day--the art of
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