| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The White Moll by Frank L. Packard: the courtyard, gained the side of the junk shop in turn, skirted it,
and halted, listening, peering around her, as she reached the rear
corner of the building. A door closed somewhere ahead of her; from
above, upstairs, faint streaks of light showed through the
interstices of a shuttered window.
She crept forward now, hugging the rear wall, reached a door-the
one, obviously, through which Danglar had disappeared, and which
she had heard as it was closed - tried the door, found it unlocked,
and, noiselessly, inch by inch, pushed it open; and a moment later,
stepping over the threshold, she closed it softly behind her. A
dull glow of light, emanating evidently from an open door above,
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Tarzan and the Jewels of Opar by Edgar Rice Burroughs: Angered by recent defeat, and by the loss of the gold,
the jewels, and his prisoners, Abdul Mourak was in no
mood to be influenced by any appeal to those softer
sentiments to which, as a matter of fact, he was almost
a stranger even under the most favourable conditions.
He looked for degradation and possible death in
punishment for his failures and his misfortunes when he
should have returned to his native land and made his
report to Menelek; but an acceptable gift might temper
the wrath of the emperor, and surely this fair flower
of another race should be gratefully received by the
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Inaugural Address by John F. Kennedy: Let both sides seek to invoke the wonders of science instead
of its terrors. Together let us explore the stars, conquer the
deserts, eradicate disease, tap the ocean depths, and encourage
the arts and commerce. Let both sides unite to heed in all corners
of the earth the command of Isaiah. . .to "undo the heavy burdens. . .
let the oppressed go free."
And if a beachhead of co-operation may push back the jungle of suspicion. . .
let both sides join in creating not a new balance of power. . .
but a new world of law. . .where the strong are just. . .
and the weak secure. . .and the peace preserved. . . .
All this will not be finished in the first one hundred days.
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