| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Iron Puddler by James J. Davis: been robbed on the eighth and this man had been arrested in the
freight yards. He claimed to be a steel worker and had shown the
judge his calloused hands. He had answered several questions
about his trade, his age and where he was when the policeman
arrested him. But when they asked him what he had been doing
previous to and immediately subsequent thereto, he hung his head
as if at a loss for an alibi.
I was city clerk at the time and had been a steel worker. I
knew why the man refused to answer. He didn't understand the
phraseology.
"Where were you previous to the eighth and immediately
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Lock and Key Library by Julian Hawthorne, Ed.: them that they might for ever clear themselves of doubtful
appearances. But for the rest, while he felt his old affectionate
respect for his master, he could recognize no claim to be removed
from his present position. Had she lived, said the heartbroken
youth, he would gladly have consented to accept any fortune which
her love might bestow, because he felt that his own love and the
devotion of a life might repay it. But there was nothing now that
he could give in exchange. For his services he was amply paid; his
feelings towards Lieschen's parents must continue what they had
ever been. In vain Lehfeldt pleaded, in vain many friends argued.
Franz remained respectfully firm in his refusal.
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Shadow out of Time by H. P. Lovecraft: In the course of years I began to feel that my experience -
together with the kindred cases and the related folklore - ought
to be definitely summarised and published for the benefit of serious
students; hence I prepared a series of articles briefly covering
the whole ground and illustrated with crude sketches of some of
the shapes, scenes, decorative motifs, and hieroglyphs remembered
from the dreams.
These appeared at various times during 1928
and 1929 in the Journal of the American Psychological Society,
but did not attract much attention. Meanwhile I continued to record
my dreams with the minutest care, even though the growing stack
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