| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Lost Princess of Oz by L. Frank Baum: was the hillside where they were not sitting, all their forms being
reproduced in miniature. And curiously enough, within the scene of
the Picture was the scene they were now beholding, so they knew that
the Magician was at this moment watching them in the Picture, and also
that he saw himself and the room he was in become visible to the
people on the hillside. Therefore he knew very well that they were
watching him while he was watching them.
In proof of this, Ugu sprang from his seat and turned a scowling face
in their direction; but now he could not see the travelers who were
seeking him, although they could still see him. His actions were so
distinct, indeed, that it seemed he was actually before them. "It is
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Wrecker by Stevenson & Osbourne: could have done better myself. But when I found how tight
money was in this city, and a man like Douglas B. Longhurst--
a forty-niner, the man that stood at bay in a corn patch for five
hours against the San Diablo squatters--weakening on the
operation, I tell you, Loudon, I began to despair; and--I may
have made mistakes, no doubt there are thousands who could
have done better--but I give you a loyal hand on it, I did my
best."
"My poor Jim," said I, "as if I ever doubted you! as if I didn't
know you had done wonders! All day I've been admiring your
energy and resource. And as for that affair----"
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Little Rivers by Henry van Dyke: score of pounds of flesh less vitalised by spirit. Thou feedest on
the flies of the air, and thy food is transformed into an aerial
passion for flight, as thou springest across the pool, vaulting
toward the sky. Thine eyes have grown large and keen by peering
through the foam, and the feathered hook that can deceive thee must
be deftly tied and delicately cast. Thy tail and fins, by
ceaseless conflict with the rapids, have broadened and
strengthened, so that they can flash thy slender body like a living
arrow up the fall. As Lancelot among the knights, so art thou
among the fish, the plain-armoured hero, the sunburnt champion of
all the water-folk.
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