| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Magic of Oz by L. Frank Baum: Of course, Kiki was foolish to have made his soldiers so big, for
now they could not get out of the forest. Indeed, they could not stir
a step, but were imprisoned by the trees. Even had they been in the
little clearing they could not have made their way out of it, but they
were a little beyond the clearing. At first, the other monkeys who
had not been enchanted were afraid of the soldiers, and hastily
quitted the place; but soon finding that the great men stood stock
still, although grunting indignantly at their transformation, the band
of monkeys returned to the spot and looked at them curiously, not
guessing that they were really monkeys and their own friends.
The soldiers couldn't see them, their heads being above the trees;
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Several Works by Edgar Allan Poe: the wanton, much of the bizarre, something of the terrible, and
not a little of that which might have excited disgust. To and fro
in the seven chambers there stalked, in fact, a multitude of
dreams. And these--the dreams--writhed in and about taking hue
from the rooms, and causing the wild music of the orchestra to seem
as the echo of their steps. And, anon, there strikes the ebony
clock which stands in the hall of the velvet. And then, for a
moment, all is still, and all is silent save the voice of the
clock. The dreams are stiff-frozen as they stand. But the echoes
of the chime die away--they have endured but an instant--and a
light, half-subdued laughter floats after them as they depart. And
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Aeroplanes and Dirigibles of War by Frederick A. Talbot: proved highly serviceable; a similar contrivance is adopted by
French airmen.
There is one phase of aerial activity which remains to be
demonstrated. This is the utilisation of aerial craft by the
defenders of a besieged position such as a ring of fortifications
or fortified city. The utility of the Fourth Arm in this
province has been the subject of considerable speculation.
Expert opinion maintains that the advantage in this particular
connection would rest with the besiegers. The latter would be
able to ascertain the character of the defences and the defending
gun-force, by means of the aerial scout, who would prove of
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