| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Letters of Robert Louis Stevenson by Robert Louis Stevenson: heavily near behind me, and, when she was near enough to see, I let
the money fall in the mud and went off at my best walk without ever
turning round. There is nothing in the story; and yet you will
understand how much there is, if one chose to set it forth. You
see, she was so ugly; and you know there is something terribly,
miserably pathetic in a certain smile, a certain sodden aspect of
invitation on such faces. It is so terrible, that it is in a way
sacred; it means the outside of degradation and (what is worst of
all in life) false position. I hope you understand me rightly. -
Ever your faithful friend,
ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON.
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Sons and Lovers by D. H. Lawrence: The boy was rather miserable at being reprimanded.
"No--well, you be more careful."
William fled away, glad to be exonerated. And Mrs. Morel,
who hated any bother with the neighbours, thought she would explain
to Mrs. Anthony, and the business would be over.
But that evening Morel came in from the pit looking very sour.
He stood in the kitchen and glared round, but did not speak for
some minutes. Then:
"Wheer's that Willy?" he asked.
"What do you want HIM for?" asked Mrs. Morel, who had guessed.
"I'll let 'im know when I get him," said Morel, banging his
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Tanach: 1_Kings 15: 8 And Abijam slept with his fathers; and they buried him in the city of David; and Asa his son reigned in his stead.
1_Kings 15: 9 And in the twentieth year of Jeroboam king of Israel began Asa to reign over Judah.
1_Kings 15: 10 And forty and one years reigned he in Jerusalem; and his mother's name was Maacah the daughter of Abishalom.
1_Kings 15: 11 And Asa did that which was right in the eyes of the LORD, as did David his father.
1_Kings 15: 12 And he put away the sodomites out of the land, and removed all the idols that his fathers had made.
1_Kings 15: 13 And also Maacah his mother he removed from being queen, because she had made an abominable image for an Asherah; and Asa cut down her image, and burnt it at the brook Kidron.
1_Kings 15: 14 But the high places were not taken away; nevertheless the heart of Asa was whole with the LORD all his days.
1_Kings 15: 15 And he brought into the house of the LORD the things that his father had hallowed, and the things that himself had hallowed, silver, and gold, and vessels.
1_Kings 15: 16 And there was war between Asa and Baasa king of Israel all their days.
1_Kings 15: 17 And Baasa king of Israel went up against Judah, and built Ramah, that he might not suffer any to go out or come in to Asa king of Judah.
1_Kings 15: 18 Then Asa took all the silver and the gold that were left in the treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of the king's house, and delivered them into the hand of his serv 
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