| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Scarecrow of Oz by L. Frank Baum: than ever, both by the concourse of people in their
quaint and picturesque costumes, and by the splendor of
the city itself. But the magnificence of the Royal Palace
quite took their breath away, until Ozma received them in
her own pretty apartment and by her charming manners and
assuring smiles made them feel they were no longer
strangers.
Trot was given a lovely little room next to that of
Dorothy, while Cap'n Bill had the cosiest sort of a room
next to Trot's and overlooking the gardens. And that
evening Ozma gave a grand banquet and reception in honor
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Court Life in China by Isaac Taylor Headland: "What is to prevent our putting into operation such a system
throughout this province?" asked the Viceroy.
"Nothing," answered Dr. Tenny, "except to be willing to submit to
the conditions."
"And what are those conditions?" asked His Excellency.
"They are that you open schools in every important town, place in
them well-educated, competent teachers, whom you are willing to
pay a salary equal to what they may reasonably expect to get if
they enter business."
"May I ask if you would be willing to undertake the development
of such a system?" he asked further.
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Poems by Oscar Wilde: One with the things that prey on us, and one with what we kill.
From lower cells of waking life we pass
To full perfection; thus the world grows old:
We who are godlike now were once a mass
Of quivering purple flecked with bars of gold,
Unsentient or of joy or misery,
And tossed in terrible tangles of some wild and wind-swept sea.
This hot hard flame with which our bodies burn
Will make some meadow blaze with daffodil,
Ay! and those argent breasts of thine will turn
To water-lilies; the brown fields men till
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