| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Mucker by Edgar Rice Burroughs: "Jose has another visitor," he said. "Possibly this one is less
harmless than the other. He comes with great caution. Let us
investigate."
Three other men rose from their blankets upon the floor
and joined the speaker. They were all armed, and clothed in
the nondescript uniforms of Villistas. Billy's back was toward
them as they sneaked from the hut in which they were
intending to spend the night and crept quietly toward him.
Billy was busily engaged in peering through the little window
into the interior of the old Indian's hovel. He saw an
American in earnest conversation with Jose. Who could the
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Wyoming by William MacLeod Raine: heart leaped with the hope that they were about to abandon the
siege. Apparently the man in the scarlet kerchief had no such
expectation. He deserted his position behind the pine and ran
back, crouching low in the brush, to another little clump of
trees closer to the bluff. The reason for this was at first not
apparent to her, but she understood presently when the men who
had fallen back behind the rolling hillocks appeared again well
in to the edge of the bluff. Only by his timely retreat had the
man saved himself from being outflanked.
It was very plain that the attackers meant to take their time to
finish him in perfect safety. He was surrounded on every side by
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde: A girl with a simple, unspoiled nature, like Gwendolen, could
hardly be expected to reside in the country.
JACK. Well, I own a house in Belgrave Square, but it is let by the
year to Lady Bloxham. Of course, I can get it back whenever I
like, at six months' notice.
LADY BRACKNELL. Lady Bloxham? I don't know her.
JACK. Oh, she goes about very little. She is a lady considerably
advanced in years.
LADY BRACKNELL. Ah, nowadays that is no guarantee of
respectability of character. What number in Belgrave Square?
JACK. 149.
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