| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from King Henry VI by William Shakespeare: Think but upon the wrong he did us all,
And that will quickly dry thy melting tears.
CLIFFORD.
Here's for my oath, here's for my father's death.
[Stabbing him.]
QUEEN MARGARET.
And here's to right our gentle-hearted king.
[Stabbing him.]
YORK.
Open thy gate of mercy, gracious God!
My soul flies through these wounds to seek out thee.
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Plutarch's Lives by A. H. Clough: the following deceit: he gave order to those of his men who had
made most acquaintance among the Roman soldiers, not to pursue
too close when they met them foraging, but to suffer them to
carry off some provision; moreover, that they should praise
their valor, and declare that it was not without just reason
that their king looked upon the Romans as the bravest men in the
world. This done, upon further opportunity they rode nearer in,
and, drawing up their horses by the men, began to revile Antony
for his obstinacy; that whereas Phraates desired nothing more
than peace, and an occasion to show how ready he was to save the
lives of so many brave soldiers, he, on the contrary, gave no
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Alexander's Bridge by Willa Cather: But I have a photograph of it here." She drew a
portfolio from behind a bookcase. "And there,
you see, on the hill, is my aunt's house."
Wilson took up the photograph. "Bartley was
telling me something about your aunt last night.
She must have been a delightful person."
Winifred laughed. "The bridge, you see,
was just at the foot of the hill, and the noise
of the engines annoyed her very much at first.
But after she met Bartley she pretended
to like it, and said it was a good thing to
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