| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from A Collection of Beatrix Potter by Beatrix Potter: I had minced it up so fine; I suppose
this is a quicker oven than my own."
"How fast
Duchess is
eating!" thought
Ribby to herself,
as she a
buttered her
fifth muffin.
The pie-dish was emptying
rapidly! Duchess
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Vendetta by Honore de Balzac: say: "Be calm, be prudent."
And the young man cried out in his own language:
"Ah! Dio! che non vorrei vivere dopo averla veduta?--who would not
wish to live after seeing her?"
The peculiar accent with which he pronounced the words made Ginevra
quiver.
"Are you Corsican?" she cried, returning toward him with a beating
heart.
"I was born in Corsica," he replied; "but I was brought, while very
young, to Genoa, and as soon as I was old enough for military service
I enlisted."
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Insidious Dr. Fu-Manchu by Sax Rohmer: made an injection.
Then all the wonders I had heard of this man became possible,
and with an awe which any other physician who had examined
Aziz must have felt, I admitted him a miracle-worker. For
as I watched, all but breathless, the dead came to life!
The glow of health crept upon the olive cheek--the boy moved--
he raised his hands above his head--he sat up, supported by
the Chinese doctor!
Fu-Manchu touched some hidden bell. A hideous yellow man with a scarred
face entered, carrying a tray upon which were a bowl containing
some steaming fluid, apparently soup, what looked like oaten cakes,
The Insidious Dr. Fu-Manchu |
