| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Stories From the Old Attic by Robert Harris: serious people," the man concluded, stomping out of the room.
In the weeks that followed, the traveler was ridiculed
and denounced in the newspapers, being called everything from a
con artist to a prospective mental patient. (The scientific
journals said nothing about the man because they considered the
whole matter as beneath serious thought.) As a result, the
traveler was often left to himself, and so he pulled out his
tiny portable television set and began to watch it. Just by
chance, some visitors happened to come by and see the little
box. They were very impressed and urged the traveler to market
his invention for putting a movie inside such a small space.
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Whirligigs by O. Henry: sense in turning business away.
Lawyer Gooch took client number one by the arm and
led him suavely into one of the adjoining rooms. "Favour
me by remaining here a few minutes, sir," said he. "I
will return and resume our consultation with the least
possible delay. I am rather expecting a visit from a
very wealthy old lady in connection with a will. I will
not keep you waiting long."
The breezy gentleman seated himself with obliging
acquiescence, aud took up a magazine. The lawyer
returned to the middle office, carefully closing behind
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Scaramouche by Rafael Sabatini: was obscure. Columbine encouraged him with a friendly smile that
displayed her large white teeth, and M. Binet swore yet once again
that he would be a great success, since he threw himself with such
spirit into the undertaking. Then in a voice that for the moment
he appeared to have borrowed from the roaring captain, M. Binet
marshalled them for the short parade across to the market-hall.
The new Scaramouche fell into place beside Rhodomont. The old one,
hobbling on a crutch, had departed an hour ago to take the place of
doorkeeper, vacated of necessity by Andre-Louis. So that the
exchange between those two was a complete one.
Headed by Polichinelle banging his great drum and Pierrot blowing
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