| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Heroes by Charles Kingsley: mountain peaks, toward Olympus the holy hill.
Then a great fear fell on Jason: but after a while he grew
light of heart; and he blessed old Cheiron, and said, 'Surely
the Centaur is a prophet, and guessed what would come to
pass, when he bade me speak harshly to no soul whom I might
meet.'
Then he went down toward Iolcos; and as he walked he found
that he had lost one of his sandals in the flood.
And as he went through the streets, the people came out to
look at him, so tall and fair was he; but some of the elders
whispered together; and at last one of them stopped Jason,
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Moral Emblems by Robert Louis Stevenson: But leaden-hearted, leaden-heeled,
I marked them steadfast in the field.
Death grimly sided with the foe,
And smote each leaden hero low.
Proudly they perished one by one:
The dread Pea-cannon's work was done!
O not for them the tears we shed,
Consigned to their congenial lead;
But while unmoved their sleep they take,
We mourn for their dear Captain's sake,
For their dear Captain, who shall smart
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Mansfield Park by Jane Austen: The last time I saw Crawford was at Mrs. Fraser's party.
I am more and more satisfied with all that I see and hear
of him. There is not a shadow of wavering. He thoroughly
knows his own mind, and acts up to his resolutions:
an inestimable quality. I could not see him and my eldest
sister in the same room without recollecting what you
once told me, and I acknowledge that they did not meet
as friends. There was marked coolness on her side.
They scarcely spoke. I saw him draw back surprised,
and I was sorry that Mrs. Rushworth should resent any
former supposed slight to Miss Bertram. You will wish
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