| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Roads of Destiny by O. Henry: silver, and the thing was done. Halves and quarters and dimes? Not for
Sam Turner. "No chicken feed for me," he would say when they were set
before him. "I'm not in the agricultural department." But, then,
Turner was a Texan, an old friend of the bank's president, and had
known Dorsey since he was a baby.
While the examiner was counting the cash, Major Thomas B. Kingman--
known to every one as "Major Tom"--the president of the First
National, drove up to the side door with his old dun horse and buggy,
and came inside. He saw the examiner busy with the money, and, going
into the little "pony corral," as he called it, in which his desk was
railed off, he began to look over his letters.
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Resurrection by Leo Tolstoy: guilty; and if they found them not guilty, to give a verdict of
not guilty; and if they found them guilty of one of the crimes
and not of the other, they might give a verdict of guilty on the
one count and of not guilty on the other. Then he explained that
though this right was given them they should use it with reason.
He was going to add that if they gave an affirmative answer to
any question that was put to them they would thereby affirm
everything included in the question, so that if they did not wish
to affirm the whole of the question they should mention the part
of the question they wished to be excepted. But, glancing at the
clock. and seeing it was already five minutes to three, he
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Thuvia, Maid of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs: here before, nor ever have I cared to do so."
"Come," suggested Thuvia, "let us explore.
There must be a way out."
Together the three approached the doorway through
which Komal had entered the apartment that was to have
witnessed their deaths. Beyond was a low-roofed lair,
with a small door at the far end.
This, to their delight, opened to the lifting of an
ordinary latch, letting them into a circular arena,
surrounded by tiers of seats.
"Here is where Komal is fed in public," explained
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