| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen: as she listened to their discourse, that he indulged
himself a little too much with the foibles of others.
"What are you thinking of so earnestly?" said he,
as they walked back to the ballroom; "not of your partner,
I hope, for, by that shake of the head, your meditations
are not satisfactory."
Catherine coloured, and said, "I was not thinking
of anything."
"That is artful and deep, to be sure; but I had
rather be told at once that you will not tell me."
"Well then, I will not."
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Underground City by Jules Verne: for the catastrophe of the Motala. It would have been vain
to try and convince him that the Fire-Maidens did not exist,
and that the flame, so suddenly appearing among the ruins, was but
a natural phenomenon. No reasoning could make him believe it.
His companions were, if possible, more obstinate than he in
their credulity. According to them, one of the Fire-Maidens
had maliciously attracted the MOTALA to the coast. As to wishing
to punish her, as well try to bring the tempest to justice!
The magistrates might order what arrests they pleased, but a flame
cannot be imprisoned, an impalpable being can't be handcuffed.
It must be acknowledged that the researches which were ultimately
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Talisman by Walter Scott: his patient charge, or some anxious follower of the Hakim
communicated with his next neighbour in a hurried and low
whisper.
This suspense continued until they had rounded a ridge, composed
of hillocks of sand, which concealed from their main body the
object that had created this alarm among their scouts. Sir
Kenneth could now see, at the distance of a mile or more, a dark
object moving rapidly on the bosom of the desert, which his
experienced eye recognized for a party of cavalry, much superior
to their own in numbers, and, from the thick and frequent flashes
which flung back the level beams of the rising sun, it was plain
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