| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Tales of the Klondyke by Jack London: awoke in the grip of nightmare. A select number of these robbers
haunted him through his dreams, and he came to know them quite
well, especially the bronzed leader with the gash on his right
cheek. This fellow was the most persistent of the lot, and,
because of him, he had, in his waking moments, constructed several
score of hiding-places in and about the cabin. After a
concealment he would breathe freely again, perhaps for several
nights, only to collar the Man with the Gash in the very act of
unearthing the sack. Then, on awakening in the midst of the usual
struggle, he would at once get up and transfer the bag to a new
and more ingenious crypt. It was not that he was the direct
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from King Henry VI by William Shakespeare: When death doth close his tender dying eyes,
See, see the pining malady of France;
Behold the wounds, the most unnatural wounds,
Which thou thyself hast given her woful breast.
O, turn thy edged sword another way;
Strike those that hurt, and hurt not those that help.
One drop of blood drawn from thy country's bosom
Should grieve thee more than streams of foreign gore:
Return thee therefore with a flood of tears,
And wash away thy country's stained spots.
BURGUNDY.
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Art of War by Sun Tzu: instances the small principality of Cheng, which was bounded on
the north-east by Ch`i, on the west by Chin, and on the south by
Ch`u.]
so that he who occupies it first has most of the Empire at his
command,
[The belligerent who holds this dominating position can
constrain most of them to become his allies.]
is a ground of intersecting highways.
7. When an army has penetrated into the heart of a hostile
country, leaving a number of fortified cities in its rear, it is
serious ground.
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