| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from A Personal Record by Joseph Conrad: reading so many romances he desired naively to escape with his
very body from the intolerable reality of things. He wished to
meet, eye to eye, the valorous giant Brandabarbaran, Lord of
Arabia, whose armour is made of the skin of a dragon, and whose
shield, strapped to his arm, is the gate of a fortified city.
Oh, amiable and natural weakness! Oh, blessed simplicity of a
gentle heart without guile! Who would not succumb to such a
consoling temptation? Nevertheless, it was a form of
self-indulgence, and the ingenious hidalgo of La Mancha was not a
good citizen. The priest and the barber were not unreasonable in
their strictures. Without going so far as the old King
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Mrs. Warren's Profession by George Bernard Shaw: sit up. Gracious! your hair. [She smooths it]. I wonder do all
grown up people play in that childish way when nobody is looking.
I never did it when I was a child.
FRANK. Neither did I. You are my first playmate. [He catches
her hand to kiss it, but checks himself to look around first.
Very unexpectedly, he sees Crofts emerging from the box hedge].
Oh damn!
VIVIE. Why damn, dear?
FRANK [whispering] Sh! Here's this brute Crofts. [He sits
farther away from her with an unconcerned air].
CROFTS. Could I have a few words with you, Miss Vivie?
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Lost Continent by Edgar Rice Burroughs: turned her face toward mine, for the same purpose,
doubtless. Anyway, as our heads turned simultaneously, our
lips brushed together. A startled expression came into
Victory's eyes as she drew back in evident confusion.
As for me, the strangest sensation that I have ever
experienced claimed me for an instant. A peculiar, tingling
thrill ran through my veins, and my head swam. I could not
account for it.
Naturally, being a naval officer and consequently in the
best society of the federation, I have seen much of women.
With others, I have laughed at the assertions of the savants
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