| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Witch, et. al by Anton Chekhov: Gusev pondered for a long time about fishes as big as a mountain
and stout, rusty chains, then he began to feel dull and thought
of his native place to which he was returning after five years'
service in the East. He pictured an immense pond covered with
snow. . . . On one side of the pond the red-brick building of the
potteries with a tall chimney and clouds of black smoke; on the
other side -- a village. . . . His brother Alexey comes out in a
sledge from the fifth yard from the end; behind him sits his
little son Vanka in big felt over-boots, and his little girl
Akulka, also in big felt boots. Alexey has been drinking, Vanka
is laughing, Akulka's face he could not see, she had muffled
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Wrong Box by Stevenson & Osbourne: without experience, he carried into the Radical side of politics
those noisy, after-dinner-table passions, which we are more
accustomed to connect with Toryism in its severe and senile
aspects. To the opinions of Mr Bradlaugh, in fact, he added the
temper and the sympathies of that extinct animal, the Squire; he
admired pugilism, he carried a formidable oaken staff, he was a
reverent churchman, and it was hard to know which would have more
volcanically stirred his choler--a person who should have
defended the established church, or one who should have neglected
to attend its celebrations. He had besides some levelling
catchwords, justly dreaded in the family circle; and when he
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Tanach: Numbers 35: 9 And the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying:
Numbers 35: 10 'Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them: When ye pass over the Jordan into the land of Canaan,
Numbers 35: 11 then ye shall appoint you cities to be cities of refuge for you, that the manslayer that killeth any person through error may flee thither.
Numbers 35: 12 And the cities shall be unto you for refuge from the avenger, that the manslayer die not, until he stand before the congregation for judgment.
Numbers 35: 13 And as to the cities which ye shall give, there shall be for you six cities of refuge.
Numbers 35: 14 Ye shall give three cities beyond the Jordan, and three cities shall ye give in the land of Canaan; they shall be cities of refuge.
Numbers 35: 15 For the children of Israel, and for the stranger and for the settler among them, shall these six cities be for refuge, that every one that killeth any person through error may flee thither.
Numbers 35: 16 But if he smote him with an instrument of iron, so that he died, he is a murderer; the murderer shall surely be put to death.
Numbers 35: 17 And if he smote him with a stone in the hand, whereby a man may die, and he died, he is a murderer; the murderer shall surely be put to death.
Numbers 35: 18 Or if he smote him with a weapon of wood in the hand, whereby a man may die, and he died, he is a murderer; the murderer shall surely be put to death.
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