| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Vision Splendid by William MacLeod Raine: though, mind you, I'm not fool enough to be impervious to the
railroads and the ocean liners and the mines you didn't mention. I
hope my reasons satisfy you," he added coolly.
"If they satisfy Val they do me, but very likely you'll find they
won't."
"The doubt adds a fillip to the situation."
Her eyes had gone from time to time out of the window. Now she
gave a sigh of relief. "Here we are at the hospital. Oh, I do hope
that poor man is all right!"
"I'm sure he is. He was recovering consciousness when they left.
James helped her out of the cab and they went together up the
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling: coat?"
Kotick's fur was almost pure white now, and though he felt
very proud of it, he only said, "Swim quickly! My bones are
aching for the land." And so they all came to the beaches where
they had been born, and heard the old seals, their fathers,
fighting in the rolling mist.
That night Kotick danced the Fire-dance with the yearling
seals. The sea is full of fire on summer nights all the way down
from Novastoshnah to Lukannon, and each seal leaves a wake like
burning oil behind him and a flaming flash when he jumps, and the
waves break in great phosphorescent streaks and swirls. Then they
The Jungle Book |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Court Life in China by Isaac Taylor Headland: official positions, rescuing from calamity and pitying the
people, and so obtained the protection of Heaven, gaining peace
and tranquillity instead of distress and danger. Then the Emperor
Mu Tsung I (Tung Chih) departed this life and the late Emperor
succeeded to the throne. The times became still harder and the
people in still greater straits, sorrow within and calamity
without, confusion and noise; I had no recourse but to give
instruction in government once more.
" 'The year before last the preparatory measures for the
institution of constitutional government were published. This
year the time limits for the measures preparatory to
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