| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Witch, et. al by Anton Chekhov: Driving his herd together to the edge of the wood, the shepherd
leaned against the birch-tree, looked up at the sky, without
haste took his pipe from his bosom and began playing. As before,
he played mechanically and took no more than five or six notes;
as though the pipe had come into his hands for the first time,
the sounds floated from it uncertainly, with no regularity, not
blending into a tune, but to Meliton, brooding on the destruction
of the world, there was a sound in it of something very
depressing and revolting which he would much rather not have
heard. The highest, shrillest notes, which quivered and broke,
seemed to be weeping disconsolately, as though the pipe were sick
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from My Aunt Margaret's Mirror by Walter Scott: suppose you are aware of her present distress of mind--"
"If hearing of nothing else from morning to night can make me
aware of it," said Sir Philip, "I should know something of the
matter."
"I do not pretend to reply to your wit, Sir Philip," answered
Lady Bothwell; "but you must be sensible that all this distress
is on account of apprehensions for your personal safety. "
"In that case, I am surprised that Lady Bothwell, at least,
should give herself so much trouble upon so insignificant a
subject."
"My sister's interest may account for my being anxious to learn
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson: Hyde, blowing in the key. And then suddenly, but still without
looking up, "How did you know me?" he asked.
"On your side," said Mr. Utterson "will you do me a favour?"
"With pleasure," replied the other. "What shall it be?"
"Will you let me see your face?" asked the lawyer.
Mr. Hyde appeared to hesitate, and then, as if upon some
sudden reflection, fronted about with an air of defiance; and the
pair stared at each other pretty fixedly for a few seconds. "Now
I shall know you again," said Mr. Utterson. "It may be useful."
"Yes," returned Mr. Hyde, "It is as well we have met; and
apropos, you should have my address." And he gave a number of a
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