| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Astoria by Washington Irving: elevated in some degree by a more genial climate and more varied
living style.
The habits of traffic engendered at the cataracts of the
Columbia, have had their influence along the coast. The Chinooks
and other Indians at the mouth of the river, soon proved
themselves keen traders, and in their early dealings with the
Astorians never hesitated to ask three times what they considered
the real value of an article. They were inquisitive, also, in the
extreme, and impertinently intrusive; and were prone to indulge
in scoffing and ridicule at the expense of the strangers.
In one thing, however, they showed superior judgment and self-
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Thuvia, Maid of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs: "It will need both Kar Komak and myself to man the guns while
the Kaolians take to the boarding tackle. Keep her bow
depressed against the rifle fire. She can bear it better
in her forward armour, and at the same time the propellers
will be protected."
He hurried to the cabin as Thuvia took the control.
A moment later the boarding tackle dropped from the keel
of the Thuria, and from a dozen points along either side
stout, knotted leathern lines trailed downward.
At the same time a signal broke from her bow:
"Prepare to board us."
Thuvia, Maid of Mars |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from All's Well That Ends Well by William Shakespeare: His death was so effected: better 'twere
I met the ravin lion when he roar'd
With sharp constraint of hunger; better 'twere
That all the miseries which nature owes
Were mine at once. No; come thou home, Rousillon,
Whence honour but of danger wins a scar,
As oft it loses all. I will be gone:
My being here it is that holds thee hence:
Shall I stay here to do't? no, no, although
The air of paradise did fan the house,
And angels offic'd all: I will be gone,
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