| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The White Moll by Frank L. Packard: slowly the hurt and misery came back into her eyes again. Who was
he? He had told her. An adventurer. He had given her to understand
that he, if she had not been just a few minutes ahead of him, would
have taken that money from Skarbolov's escritoire last night.
Therefore he was a crook. Danglar had said that some one had been
getting in ahead of them lately and snatching the plunder from under
their noses; and Danglar now believed that it had been the White
Moll. A wan smile came to her lips. Instead of the White Moll, it
appeared to be quite obvious that it was the Adventurer. It
therefore appeared to be quite as obvious that the man was a
professional thief, and an extremely clever one, at that. She dared
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Master of the World by Jules Verne: against me, I will return a hundredfold.
As to the money which is offered me, I despise it! I have
no need of it. Moreover, on the day when it pleases me to
have millions, or billions, I have but to reach out my hand
and take them.
Let both the Old and the New World realize this: They can
accomplish nothing against me; I can accomplish anything
against them.
I sign this letter:
The Master of the World.
Chapter 10
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Michael Strogoff by Jules Verne: TOMSK, founded in 1604, nearly in the heart of the
Siberian provinces, is one of the most important towns in
Asiatic Russia. Tobolsk, situated above the sixtieth
parallel; Irkutsk, built beyond the hundredth meridian --
have seen Tomsk increase at their expense.
And yet Tomsk, as has been said, is not the capital of
this important province. It is at Omsk that the Governor-
General of the province and the official world reside. But
Tomsk is the most considerable town of that territory. The
country being rich, the town is so likewise, for it is in the
center of fruitful mines. In the luxury of its houses, its
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