| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Bickerstaff-Partridge Papers by Jonathan Swift: At once did practise both these Arts;
And as the boading Owl (or rather
The Bat, because her Wings are Leather)
Steals from her private Cell by Night,
And flies about the Candle-Light;
So learned Partridge could as well
Creep in the Dark from Leathern Cell,
And, in his Fancy, fly as fair,
To peep upon a twinkling Star.
Besides, he could confound the Spheres,
And set the Planets by the Ears;
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Heroes by Charles Kingsley: that I have helped you. You he would kill if he dared; but
he will not harm you, because you have been his guests. Go
then, go, and remember poor Medeia when you are far away
across the sea.' But all the heroes cried -
'If you die, we die with you; for without you we cannot win
the fleece, and home we will not go without it, but fall here
fighting to the last man.'
'You need not die,' said Jason. 'Flee home with us across
the sea. Show us first how to win the fleece; for you can do
it. Why else are you the priestess of the grove? Show us
but how to win the fleece, and come with us, and you shall be
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Old Indian Legends by Zitkala-Sa: coarse gray weeds. Iktomi in his fringed buckskins walked alone
across the prairie with a black bare head glossy in the sunlight.
He walked through the grass without following any well-worn
footpath.
From one large bunch of coarse weeds to another he wound his
way about the great plain. He lifted his foot lightly and placed
it gently forward like a wildcat prowling noiselessly through the
thick grass. He stopped a few steps away from a very large bunch
of wild sage. From shoulder to shoulder he tilted his head. Still
farther he bent from side to side, first low over one hip and then
over the other. Far forward he stooped, stretching his long thin
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