| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from A Legend of Montrose by Walter Scott: Bows and arrows! and why not weavers' beams, as in the days of
Goliah? Ah! that Dugald Dalgetty, of Drumthwacket, should live
to see men fight with bows and arrows!--The immortal Gustavus
would never have believed it--nor Wallenstein--nor Butler--nor
old Tilly,--Well, Ranald, a cat can have but its claws--since
bows and arrows are the word, e'en let us make the best of it.
Only, as I do not understand the scope and range of such old-
fashioned artillery, you must make the best disposition you can
out of your own head for MY taking the command, whilk I would
have gladly done had you been to fight with any Christian
weapons, is out of the question, when you are to combat like
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Voice of the City by O. Henry: animals with cunning.
For Masie was beautiful. She was a deep-tinted
blonde, with the calm poise of a lady who cooks butter
cakes in a window. She stood behind her counter in
the Biggest Store; and as you closed your band over
the tape-line for your glove measure you thought
of Hebe; and as you looked again you wondered how
she had come by Minerva's eyes.
When the floorwalker was not looking Masie
chewed tutti frutti; when he was looking she gazed
up as if at the clouds and smiled wistfully.
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from An Historical Mystery by Honore de Balzac: that was about to burst upon them that their quiet aspect would have
roused the compassion of any one who knew their situation. In the
large fireplace, the mantel of which was adorned with a mirror with
shepherdesses in paniers painted on its frame, burned a fire such as
can be seen only in chateaus bordering on forests. At the corner of
this fireplace, on a large square sofa of gilded wood with a
magnificent brocaded cover, the young countess lay as it were
extended, in an attitude of utter weariness. Returning at six o'clock
from the confines of Brie, having played the part of scout to the four
gentlemen whom she guided safely to their last halting-place before
they entered Paris, she had found Monsieur and Madame d'Hauteserre
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