| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Adventure by Jack London: frightened.
"I . . . I thought . . ." she stammered.
Then, slowly, the change came over her, and the blood flooded into
her face in the same amazing blush he had seen once before that
day. Her cool, level-looking eyes were no longer level-looking nor
cool, but warmly drooping and just unable to meet his, as she came
toward him and nestled in the circle of his arms, saying softly,
almost in a whisper, -
"I am ready," Dave."
Footnotes:
{1} Eaten.
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Cavalry General by Xenophon: Since there is all the difference in the world between a leader
acquainted with his roads and one who is not; and when it comes to
actual designs upon the enemy, the difference between knowing and not
knowing the locality can hardly be exaggerated.
[8] Or, "with hostile and friendly territories alike."
[9] Lit. "he should associate with himself those of the rest"; i.e.
his colleagues or other members of the force.
So, too, with regard to spies and intelligencers. Before war commences
your business is to provide yourself with a supply of people friendly
to both states, or maybe merchants (since states are ready to receive
the importer of goods with open arms); sham deserters may be found
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Call of the Wild by Jack London: wrong with him. He became more morose and irritable, and when
camp was pitched at once made his nest, where his driver fed him.
Once out of the harness and down, he did not get on his feet again
till harness-up time in the morning. Sometimes, in the traces,
when jerked by a sudden stoppage of the sled, or by straining to
start it, he would cry out with pain. The driver examined him,
but could find nothing. All the drivers became interested in his
case. They talked it over at meal-time, and over their last pipes
before going to bed, and one night they held a consultation. He
was brought from his nest to the fire and was pressed and prodded
till he cried out many times. Something was wrong inside, but
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