| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from A Princess of Parms by Edgar Rice Burroughs: we conversed at all, as the awe of the grim shadow of death
crept over us. Even Woola seemed to feel the weight of the
impending calamity, for he pressed close to Dejah Thoris
and to me, whining pitifully.
The little incubator had been brought from the roof of
our palace at request of Dejah Thoris and now she sat gazing
longingly upon the unknown little life that now she would
never know.
As it was becoming perceptibly difficult to breathe Tardos
Mors arose, saying,
"Let us bid each other farewell. The days of the greatness
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Gobseck by Honore de Balzac: one occasion when he opened his heart to me; and that flash of joy,
swift though it was, will never be effaced from my memory.
" 'Favor me so far as to stay here,' he added. 'I am armed, and a sure
shot. I have gone tiger-hunting, and fought on the deck when there was
nothing for it but to win or die; but I don't care to trust yonder
elegant scoundrel.'
"He sat down again in his armchair before his bureau, and his face
grew pale and impassive as before.
" 'Ah!' he continued, turning to me, 'you will see that lovely
creature I once told you about; I can hear a fine lady's step in the
corridor; it is she, no doubt;' and, as a matter of fact, the young
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Men of Iron by Howard Pyle: struck as he had never struck before--once, twice, thrice full
upon the front of the helmet. Crash! crash! And then, even as the
Earl toppled sidelong, crash! And the iron plates split and
crackled under the third blow. Myles had one flashing glimpse of
an awful face, and then the saddle was empty.
Then, as he held tight to the horse, panting, dizzy, sick to
death, he felt the hot blood gushing from his side, filling his
body armor, and staining the ground upon which he stood. Still he
held tightly to the saddle-bow of the fallen man's horse until,
through his glimmering sight, he saw the Marshal, the Lieutenant,
and the attendants gather around him. He heard the Marshal ask
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