| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from A Footnote to History by Robert Louis Stevenson: execution, to surprise and seize Mulinuu. The timely discovery
averted all; and the leaders hastily withdrew towards the south
side of the island, leaving in the bush a rear-guard under a young
man of the name of Saifaleupolu. According to some accounts, it
scarce numbered forty; the leader was no great chief, but a
handsome, industrious lad who seems to have been much beloved. And
upon this obstacle Brandeis fell. It is the man's fault to be too
impatient of results; his public intention to free Samoa of all
debt within the year, depicts him; and instead of continuing to
temporise and let his enemies weary and disperse, he judged it
politic to strike a blow. He struck it, with what seemed to be
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Walden by Henry David Thoreau: thing I have seen to-day. There's nothing like it in old paintings,
nothing like it in foreign lands -- unless when we were off the
coast of Spain. That's a true Mediterranean sky. I thought, as I
have my living to get, and have not eaten to-day, that I might go
a-fishing. That's the true industry for poets. It is the only
trade I have learned. Come, let's along.
Hermit. I cannot resist. My brown bread will soon be gone. I
will go with you gladly soon, but I am just concluding a serious
meditation. I think that I am near the end of it. Leave me alone,
then, for a while. But that we may not be delayed, you shall be
digging the bait meanwhile. Angleworms are rarely to be met with in
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Emerald City of Oz by L. Frank Baum: "I fear they will," said the Tin Woodman, sorrowfully. "And I also
fear that those who are not fairies, such as the Wizard, and Dorothy,
and her uncle and aunt, as well as Toto and Billina, will be speedily
put to death by the conquerors."
"What can be done?" asked Dorothy, shuddering a little at the prospect
of this awful fate.
"Nothing can be done!" gloomily replied the Emperor of the Winkies.
"But since Ozma refuses my army I will go myself to the Emerald City.
The least I may do is to perish beside my beloved Ruler."
25. How the Scarecrow Displayed His Wisdom
This amazing news had saddened every heart and all were now anxious
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