| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Mountains by Stewart Edward White: "What is it, Wes?" we yelled.
In a moment the reply came,--
"Lily's fallen down again,--thank God!"
We understood what he meant. By this we knew
that the tourist zone was crossed, that we had left
the show country, and were once more in the open.
XVII
THE MAIN CREST
The traveler in the High Sierras generally keeps
to the west of the main crest. Sometimes he
approaches fairly to the foot of the last slope;
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Letters of Two Brides by Honore de Balzac: through everything. But there are moments when this terrible disease
takes the likeness of death, and in one of these it seemed borne in
upon me that this hateful remedy was the salvation of Armand. Louise,
the skin was so dry, so rough and parched, that the ointment would not
act. Then I broke into weeping, and my tears fell so long and so fast,
that the bedside was wet through. And the doctors were at dinner!
Seeing myself alone with the child, I stripped him of all medical
appliances, and seizing him like a mad woman, pressed him to my bosom,
laying my forehead against his, and beseeching God to grant him the
life which I was striving to pass into his veins from mine. For some
minutes I held him thus, longing to die with him, so that neither life
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Return of Tarzan by Edgar Rice Burroughs: dainty craft gliding so gracefully through the gentle swell of
the lazy sea.
When the yacht had passed the man resumed the conversation
that her appearance had broken off.
"Yes," he said, "I like America very much, and that means,
of course, that I like Americans, for a country is only what
its people make it. I met some very delightful people while I
was there. I recall one family from your own city, Miss
Strong, whom I liked particularly--Professor Porter and
his daughter."
"Jane Porter!" exclaimed the girl. "Do you mean to tell me
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