| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Baby Mine by Margaret Mayo: slight uneasiness in her voice.
"Speaking of lunch," added Jimmy quickly, "I think, dearie, that
I'll come home for lunch in the future."
"What?" exclaimed Aggie in great amazement.
"Those downtown places upset my digestion," explained Jimmy
quickly.
"Isn't this very SUDDEN," she asked, and again Jimmy fancied that
there was a shade of suspicion in her tone.
His face assumed a martyred expression. "Of course, dear," he
said, "if you insist upon my eating downtown, I'll do it; but I
thought you'd be glad to have me at home."
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Pericles by William Shakespeare: BOULT.
Ay, he: he offered to cut a caper at the proclamation; but he
made a groan at it, and swore he would see her to-morrow.
BAWD.
Well. well; as for him, he brought his disease hither: here he
does but repair it. I know he will come in our shadow, to
scatter his crowns in the sun.
BOULT.
Well, if we had of every nation a traveller, we should lodge them
with this sign.
[To Marina.]
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Pellucidar by Edgar Rice Burroughs: had hoped--infinitely better than the battle-ship Sari
had--and we made good progress almost due west
across the gulf, upon the opposite side of which I
hoped to find the mouth of the river of which Juag
had told me.
The islander was much interested and impressed by
the sail and its results. He had not been able to under-
stand exactly what I hoped to accomplish with it while
we were fitting up the boat; but when he saw the
clumsy dugout move steadily through the water with-
out paddles, he was as delighted as a child. We made
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