| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell: miles and miles of cotton. And she could have pretty clothes and
all she wanted to eat and so could Suellen and Carreen. And Wade
could have nourishing food to fill out his thin cheeks and warm
clothes and a governess and afterward go to the university . . .
and not grow up barefooted and ignorant like a Cracker. And a good
doctor could look after Pa and as for Ashley--what couldn't she do
for Ashley!
Aunt Pittypat's monologue broke off suddenly as she said
inquiringly: "Yes, Mammy?" and Scarlett, coming back from dreams,
saw Mammy standing in the doorway, her hands under her apron and in
her eyes an alert piercing look. She wondered how long Mammy had
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Where There's A Will by Mary Roberts Rinehart: "I'm not going!" I declared firmly. "It's--it's dratted idiocy,
that's all. Plain water would do well enough. There's a lot of
people think whisky is poison with water, anyhow. Where's the
pitcher?"
Oh, yes, I went. I put on some stockings of Mrs. Moody's and
a petticoat and a shawl and started. It was when I was in the
pharmacy looking for the peppermint that I first noticed my joint
again. A joint like that's a blessing or a curse, the way you
look at it.
I found the peppermint and some whisky and put them on the
stairs. Then I took my pitcher and lantern and started for the
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from A Voyage to Arcturus by David Lindsay: half circuit together. They came to the man, and Maskull prodded him
with his foot. He woke up, and blinked at them.
His face was pale, weak, and vacant-looking, and had a disagreeable
expression. There were thin sprouts of black hair on his chin and
head. On his forehead, in place of a third eye, he possessed a
perfectly circular organ, with elaborate convolutions, like an ear.
He had an unpleasant smell. He appeared to be of young middle age.
"Wake up, man," said Maskull sharply, "and tell us if you are
Earthrid."
"What time is it?" counterquestioned the man. "Does it want long to
moonrise?"
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