| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Astoria by Washington Irving: of sufficient extent and minuteness could be furnished to me. All
the papers relative to the enterprise were accordingly submitted
to my inspection. Among them were journals and letters narrating
expeditions by sea, and journeys to and fro across the Rocky
Mountains by routes before untravelled, together with documents
illustrative of savage and colonial life on the borders of the
Pacific. With such material in hand, I undertook the work. The
trouble of rummaging among business papers, and of collecting and
collating facts from amidst tedious and commonplace details, was
spared me by my nephew, Pierre M. Irving, who acted as my
pioneer, and to whom I am greatly indebted for smoothing my path
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Great Big Treasury of Beatrix Potter by Beatrix Potter: On the sixth day, which was
Saturday, the squirrels came again for
the last time; they brought a new-laid
EGG in a little rush basket as a last
parting present for Old Brown.
But Nutkin ran in front laughing,
and shouting--
"Humpty Dumpty lies in the beck,
With a white counterpane round his neck,
Forty doctors and forty wrights,
Cannot put Humpty Dumpty to rights!"
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Light of Western Stars by Zane Grey: Stewart was not so easy to keep close to even on smooth trails,
and now she had to be watchfully attentive to do it. Then
followed a long march through dragging sand. Meantime the
blackness gradually changed to gray. At length Majesty climbed
out of the wash, and once more his iron shoes rang on stone. He
began to climb. The figure of Stewart and his horse loomed more
distinctly in Madeline's sight. Bending over, she tried to see
the trail, but could not. She wondered how Stewart could follow
a trail in the dark. His eyes must be as piercing as they
sometimes looked. Over her shoulder Madeline could not see the
horse behind her, but she heard him.
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