| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Master Key by L. Frank Baum: would take advantage of such a sneaking invention as that would be
worse than a thief! Oh, I've used them, of course, and I ought to be
spanked for having been so mean and underhanded; but I'll never be
guilty of looking through them again."
The Demon's face was frowning and indignant. He made a motion to
rise, but thought better of it and sank back in his chair.
"As for the Garment of Protection," resumed the boy, after a pause,
"I've worn it for the last time, and here it is, at your service.
I'll put the Electric Tube with it. Not that these are such very bad
things in themselves, but I'll have none of your magical contrivances.
I'll say this, however: if all armies were equipped with Electrical
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from On the Duty of Civil Disobedience by Henry David Thoreau: since he got his board for nothing, and thought that he was
well treated.
He occupied one window, and I the other; and I saw that
if one stayed there long, his principal business would be to
look out the window. I had soon read all the tracts that
were left there, and examined where former prisoners had
broken out, and where a grate had been sawed off, and heard
the history of the various occupants of that room; for I
found that even there there was a history and a gossip which
never circulated beyond the walls of the jail. Probably
this is the only house in the town where verses are
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Miracle Mongers and Their Methods by Harry Houdini: ``I did never see this gentleman before this
morning, and I did not know but that he
might be bold enough to venture to take
this quantity of poison. I was determined
not to let him lose his life by his foolish
wager, and therefore I did bring an
antidote in my pocket, which would have
prevented him from suffering any harm.''
Mr. Smith said his object was answered by
seeing twenty grains of genuine phosphorus
swallowed. He had conceived it
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