| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from A Legend of Montrose by Walter Scott: character.
Argyle in the meantime had fled to Edinburgh, to lay his
complaints before the Convention of Estates. To meet the
exigence of the moment, a considerable army was raised under
General Baillie, a Presbyterian officer of skill and fidelity,
with whom was joined in command the celebrated Sir John Urrie, a
soldier of fortune like Dalgetty, who had already changed sides
twice during the Civil War, and was destined to turn his coat a
third time before it was ended. Argyle also, burning with
indignation, proceeded to levy his own numerous forces, in order
to avenge himself of his feudal enemy. He established his head-
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Glinda of Oz by L. Frank Baum: famous Wizard and the three talented Adepts at Magic
were unable as yet to solve the important problem of
the sunken isle, there was little chance for a patched
girl stuffed with cotton to succeed.
But Glinda, smiling indulgently at the earnest faces
turned toward her, patted the children's heads and
said:
"Scraps is very clever. Tell us what she has thought
of, my dear."
"Well," said Trot, "Scraps says that if you could dry
up all the water in the lake the island would be on dry
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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: about my face.
Might they not still open the way of freedom? If we acted
in time, might we not even yet escape before the general
alarm was sounded? We could at least try.
"What will the fellow do first, Thuvia?" I asked. "How long
will it be before they may return for us?"
"He will go directly to the Father of Therns, old Matai
Shang. He may have to wait for an audience, but since he is
very high among the lesser therns, in fact as a thorian among
them, it will not be long that Matai Shang will keep him waiting.
"Then if the Father of Therns puts credence in his story,
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