| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Underground City by Jules Verne: honest hearts. Slowly and sadly the population quitted the yard.
The black soil of the roads leading to the Dochart pit resounded
for the last time to the tread of miners' feet, and silence
succeeded to the bustling life which had till then filled
the Aberfoyle mines.
One man alone remained by James Starr. This was the overman,
Simon Ford. Near him stood a boy, about fifteen years of age,
who for some years already had been employed down below.
James Starr and Simon Ford knew and esteemed each other well.
"Good-by, Simon," said the engineer.
"Good-by, Mr. Starr," replied the overman, "let me add,
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Works of Samuel Johnson by Samuel Johnson: a topick of discourse. At last a corpulent gentleman,
who had equipped himself for this expedition with
a scarlet surtout and a large hat with a broad lace,
drew out his watch, looked on it in silence, and then
held it dangling at his finger. This was, I suppose,
understood by all the company as an invitation to
ask the time of the day, but nobody appeared to
heed his overture; and his desire to be talking so far
overcame his resentment, that he let us know of his
own accord it was past five, and that in two hours
we should be at breakfast.
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Westward Ho! by Charles Kingsley: right ahead of them to the south, the shore sank suddenly into a
low line of mangrove-wood, backed by primaeval forest. As they ran
inward, all eyes were strained greedily to find some opening in the
mangrove belt; but none was to be seen for some time. The lead was
kept going; and every fresh heave announced shallower water.
"We shall have very shoal work off those mangroves, Yeo," said
Amyas; "I doubt whether we shall do aught now, unless we find a
river's mouth."
"If the Lord thinks a river good for us, sir, He'll show us one."
So on they went, keeping a south-east course, and at last an
opening in the mangrove belt was hailed with a cheer from the older
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