| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum: "The Witch of the South. She is the most powerful of all the
Witches, and rules over the Quadlings. Besides, her castle stands
on the edge of the desert, so she may know a way to cross it."
"Glinda is a Good Witch, isn't she?" asked the child.
"The Quadlings think she is good," said the soldier, "and she
is kind to everyone. I have heard that Glinda is a beautiful woman,
who knows how to keep young in spite of the many years she has lived."
"How can I get to her castle?" asked Dorothy.
"The road is straight to the South," he answered, "but it is
said to be full of dangers to travelers. There are wild beasts in
the woods, and a race of queer men who do not like strangers to
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Octopus by Frank Norris: few weeks. Our first ship won't clear till the end of the
month."
"That would do very well. Thank you, sir."
But Cedarquist was still interested in the land troubles of the
Bonneville farmers, and took the first occasion to ask:
"So, the Railroad are in possession on most of the ranches?"
"On all of them," returned Presley. "The League went all to
pieces, so soon as Magnus was forced to resign. The old story--
they got quarrelling among themselves. Somebody started a
compromise party, and upon that issue a new president was
elected. Then there were defections. The Railroad offered to
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from An Ideal Husband by Oscar Wilde: have used. But I admit I have something to tell you that may
distress you, that terribly distresses me. Yesterday evening you
wrote me a very beautiful, womanly letter, asking me for my help.
You wrote to me as one of your oldest friends, one of your husband's
oldest friends. Mrs. Cheveley stole that letter from my rooms.
LADY CHILTERN. Well, what use is it to her? Why should she not have
it?
LORD GORING. [Rising.] Lady Chiltern, I will be quite frank with
you. Mrs. Cheveley puts a certain construction on that letter and
proposes to send it to your husband.
LADY CHILTERN. But what construction could she put on it? . . . Oh!
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