| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Woodlanders by Thomas Hardy: It happened that Grace went out for an early ramble that morning,
passing through the door and gate while her father was in the
spar-house. To go in her customary direction she could not avoid
passing Winterborne's house. The morning sun was shining flat
upon its white surface, and the words, which still remained, were
immediately visible to her. She read them. Her face flushed to
crimson. She could see Giles and Creedle talking together at the
back; the charred spar-gad with which the lines had been written
lay on the ground beneath the wall. Feeling pretty sure that
Winterborne would observe her action, she quickly went up to the
wall, rubbed out "lose" and inserted "keep" in its stead. Then
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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: "To-night," he said, resolutely. "I will send her
away to-night."
"Then," said Vivienne, "my answer is 'yes.' Come
for me when you will."
She looked into his eyes with a sweet, sincere light in
her own. Hartley could scarcely believe that her sur-
render was true, it was so swift and complete.
"Promise me," he said feelingly, "on your word and
honour."
"On my word and honour," repeated Vivienne, softly.
At the door he turned and gazed at her happily, but
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Time Machine by H. G. Wells: forbidden. So I say I saw it in my last view of the world of
Eight Hundred and Two Thousand Seven Hundred and One. It may be
as wrong an explanation as mortal wit could invent. It is how
the thing shaped itself to me, and as that I give it to you.
`After the fatigues, excitements, and terrors of the past
days, and in spite of my grief, this seat and the tranquil view
and the warm sunlight were very pleasant. I was very tired and
sleepy, and soon my theorizing passed into dozing. Catching
myself at that, I took my own hint, and spreading myself out upon
the turf I had a long and refreshing sleep.
`I awoke a little before sunsetting. I now felt safe against
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