| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Adventure by Jack London: vanished in the mangroves.
"I hope there won't be any more killing," Joan said, as they turned
their horses homeward.
"I don't think so," Sheldon assured her. "My understanding with
old Seelee is that he is paid only for live boys; so he is very
careful."
CHAPTER XXIII--A MESSAGE FROM THE BUSH
Never had runaways from Berande been more zealously hunted. The
deeds of Gogoomy and his fellows had been a bad example for the one
hundred and fifty new recruits. Murder had been planned, a gang-
boss had been killed, and the murderers had broken their contracts
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Mansion by Henry van Dyke: "Where do you wish me to lead you now?"
"To see my own mansion," answered the man, with half-concealed
excitement.
"Is there not one here for me? You may not let me enter it yet,
perhaps,
for I must confess to you that I am only--"
"I know," said the Keeper of the Gate--"I know it all.
You are John Weightman."
"Yes," said the man, more firmly than he had spoken at first,
for it gratified him that his name was known. "Yes, I am John
Weightman,
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The King of the Golden River by John Ruskin: was surrounded on all sides by steep and rocky mountains rising into
peaks which were always covered with snow and from which a number of
torrents descended in constant cataracts. One of these fell
westward over the face of a crag so high that when the sun had set
to everything else, and all below was darkness, his beams still
shone full upon this waterfall, so that it looked like a shower of
gold. It was therefore called by the people of the neighborhood the
Golden River. It was strange that none of these streams fell into
the valley itself. They all descended on the other side of the
mountains and wound away through broad plains and by populous
cities. But the clouds were drawn so constantly to the snowy hills,
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