| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from An Inland Voyage by Robert Louis Stevenson: lavatory on the river. They were very merry and matutinal in their
ways; plunged their arms boldly in, and seemed not to feel the
shock. It would be dispiriting to me, this early beginning and
first cold dabble of a most dispiriting day's work. But I believe
they would have been as unwilling to change days with us as we
could be to change with them. They crowded to the door to watch us
paddle away into the thin sunny mists upon the river; and shouted
heartily after us till we were through the bridge.
CHANGED TIMES
THERE is a sense in which those mists never rose from off our
journey; and from that time forth they lie very densely in my note-
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Moll Flanders by Daniel Defoe: mother would remove to another house, which was her own
for life, and his after her decease; so that I should have all the
house to myself; and I found all this to be exactly as he had
said.
To make this part of the story short, we put on board the ship
which we went in, a large quantity of good furniture for our
house, with stores of linen and other necessaries, and a good
cargo for sale, and away we went.
To give an account of the manner of our voyage, which was
long and full of dangers, is out of my way; I kept no journal,
neither did my husband. All that I can say is, that after a
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Land of Footprints by Stewart Edward White: in the highlands is quite chilly. Branches seem to be quite as
cramping and abrasive under the equator as in the temperate
zones. Still, it is one method.
Another is to lay out a kill and visit it in the early morning.
There is more to this, for you are afoot, must generally search
out your beast in nearby cover, and can easily find any amount of
excitement in the process.
The fourth way is to ride the lion. The hunter sees his quarry
returning home across the plains, perhaps; or jumps it from some
small bushy ravine. At once he spurs his horse in pursuit. The
lion will run but a short distance before coming to a stop, for
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