| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Coxon Fund by Henry James: "Left him to US?" Gravener asked. "The monster--many thanks! I
decline to take him."
"You'll hear more about him in spite of yourself. I can't, no, I
really can't resist the impression that he's a big man." I was
already mastering--to my shame perhaps be it said--just the tone my
old friend least liked.
"It's doubtless only a trifle," he returned, "but you haven't
happened to mention what his reputation's to rest on."
"Why on what I began by boring you with--his extraordinary mind."
"As exhibited in his writings?"
"Possibly in his writings, but certainly in his talk, which is far
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Pool of Blood in the Pastor's Study by Grace Isabel Colbron and Augusta Groner: the room and pointing toward the second door he asked: "Is that
door locked?"
"Yes," answered the Count. "I found it locked when I examined it
myself a short time ago."
"It was locked on the inside?"
"Yes, locked on the inside."
"Very well. Then we have nothing more to do here for the time
being. Let us go back into the dining-room."
The men returned to the dining-room, Muller last, for he stopped
to lock the door of the study and put the key in his pocket. Then
he began his examination of the servants.
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Forged Coupon by Leo Tolstoy: teased him. Since then he was nicknamed the Pot.
Alyosha was a tiny, thin little fellow, with ears like
wings, and a huge nose. "Alyosha has a nose that
looks like a dog on a hill!" the children used to
call after him. Alyosha went to the village
school, but was not good at lessons; besides, there
was so little time to learn. His elder brother was
in town, working for a merchant, so Alyosha had
to help his father from a very early age. When
he was no more than six he used to go out with the
girls to watch the cows and sheep in the pasture,
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