| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Royalty Restored/London Under Charles II by J. Fitzgerald Molloy: London before the 7th of the following month, "with great
lamentations leaving their trades and habitations." Many of them
in a little while secretly returned again. A few days before
this latest petition was presented to the monarch, Oates had been
examined before the House for over six hours; and so delighted
was he by the unprejudiced manner in which his statements were
received, that he added several items to them. These were not
only interesting in themselves, but implicated peers and persons
of quality to the number of twenty-six. The former, including
Lords Stafford, Powis, Petre, Bellasis, and Arundel of Wardour,
were committed to the Tower, the latter to Newgate prison.
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Commission in Lunacy by Honore de Balzac: man had ever caused her those deep agitations which stir both natures
to their depths, and wreck one on the other. She knew neither hatred
nor love. When she was offended, she avenged herself coldly, quietly,
at her leisure, waiting for the opportunity to gratify the ill-will
she cherished against anybody who dwelt in her unfavorable
remembrance. She made no fuss, she did not excite herself, she talked,
because she knew that by two words a woman may cause the death of
three men.
She had parted from M. d'Espard with the greatest satisfaction. Had he
not taken with him two children who at present were troublesome, and
in the future would stand in the way of her pretensions? Her most
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Mad King by Edgar Rice Burroughs: by taking the first righthand turn Barney hoped to elude
the captain. In a moment Friedrich and the other were
hopelessly distanced. It was with a sigh of relief that the
American turned the car into the dark shadows beneath the
overarching trees of the first cross street.
He was running without lights along an unknown way;
and beside him was the most precious burden that Barney
Custer might ever expect to carry. Under these circumstances
his speed was greatly reduced from what he would have
wished, but at that he was forced to accept grave risks. The
road might end abruptly at the brink of a ravine--it might
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