| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Princess by Alfred Tennyson: He rose, and while each ear was pricked to attend
A tempest, through the cloud that dimmed her broke
A genial warmth and light once more, and shone
Through glittering drops on her sad friend.
'Come hither.
O Psyche,' she cried out, 'embrace me, come,
Quick while I melt; make reconcilement sure
With one that cannot keep her mind an hour:
Come to the hollow hear they slander so!
Kiss and be friends, like children being chid!
~I~ seem no more: ~I~ want forgiveness too:
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Polly of the Circus by Margaret Mayo: "Yes, I--I saw him."
"Well?"
"He--he--didn't see HER."
"What DID he do?" Strong was beside himself with impatience.
"He--he just talked to the big 'un, and went out that way."
Elverson nodded toward the wagons.
"I guess he ain't gone far," sneered Strong. "He come over to
this lot to see her, and he ain't goin' ter give up till he does
it. You wait here; I'll take a look round." He went quickly in
the direction of the wagons.
Elverson needed no second invitation to wait. He was
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Dynamiter by Robert Louis Stevenson and Fanny Van De Grift Stevenson: unconquerable self. I desire you to examine me with critical
indulgence. My name is Henry Luxmore, Lord Southwark's
second son. I possess nine thousand a year, the house in
which we are now sitting, and seven others in the best
neighbourhoods in town. I do not believe I am repulsive to
the eye, and as for my character, you have seen me under
trial. I think you simply the most original of created
beings; I need not tell you what you know very well, that you
are ravishingly pretty; and I have nothing more to add,
except that, foolish as it may appear, I am already head over
heels in love with you.'
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