| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Octopus by Frank Norris: bag of tools was in his hand. He was in his shirt sleeves and
carried his coat over his shoulder; a hammer was thrust into one
of his hip pockets. He was in execrable temper. The day's work
had fagged him out. He had not been able to find his hat.
"And the buckskin with sixty dollars' worth of saddle gone, too,"
he groaned. "Oh, ain't it sweet?"
At his house, Mrs. Tree had set out a cold supper for him, the
inevitable dish of prunes serving as dessert. After supper
Annixter bathed and dressed. He decided at the last moment to
wear his usual town-going suit, a sack suit of black, made by a
Bonneville tailor. But his hat was gone. There were other hats
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Last War: A World Set Free by H. G. Wells: or in compact towns laced with canals and abounding in bridges
and clipped trees, were human habitations.
The people of this country-side were not belligerents. The
interests and sympathies alike of Holland had been so divided
that to the end she remained undecided and passive in the
struggle of the world powers. And everywhere along the roads
taken by the marching armies clustered groups and crowds of
impartially observant spectators, women and children in peculiar
white caps and old-fashioned sabots, and elderly, clean-shaven
men quietly thoughtful over their long pipes. They had no fear of
their invaders; the days when 'soldiering' meant bands of
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Ballads by Robert Louis Stevenson: adornment of the Marquesans, as the hair of women formed
their most costly girdle. The former, among this generally
beardless and short-lived people, fetch to-day considerable
sums.
Note 3, "TIKIS." The tiki is an ugly image hewn out of wood
or stone.
Note 4, "THE ONE-STRINGED HARP." Usually employed for
serenades.
Note 5, "THE SACRED CABIN OF PALM." Which, however, no woman
could approach. I do not know where women were tattooed;
probably in the common house, or in the bush, for a woman was
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