| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from On the Origin of Species by Charles Darwin: major) may be seen climbing branches, almost like a creeper; it often, like
a shrike, kills small birds by blows on the head; and I have many times
seen and heard it hammering the seeds of the yew on a branch, and thus
breaking them like a nuthatch. In North America the black bear was seen by
Hearne swimming for hours with widely open mouth, thus catching, like a
whale, insects in the water. Even in so extreme a case as this, if the
supply of insects were constant, and if better adapted competitors did not
already exist in the country, I can see no difficulty in a race of bears
being rendered, by natural selection, more and more aquatic in their
structure and habits, with larger and larger mouths, till a creature was
produced as monstrous as a whale.
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from A Collection of Beatrix Potter by Beatrix Potter: Jemima. You would let them
go cold; you know you would!"
"I wish to hatch my own
eggs; I will hatch them all
by myself," quacked Jemima
Puddle-duck.
SHE tried to hide her eggs;
but they were always found
and carried off.
Jemima Puddle-duck
became quite desperate. She
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Ruling Passion by Henry van Dyke: shadow of the island--in that far-away place, in that mystical hour,
you should hear the story of the light and its keeper.
I
When the lighthouse was built, many years ago, the island had
another name. It was called the Isle of Birds. Thousands of sea-
fowl nested there. The handful of people who lived on the shore
robbed the nests and slaughtered the birds, with considerable
profit. It was perceived in advance that the building of the
lighthouse would interfere with this, and with other things. Hence
it was not altogether a popular improvement. Marcel Thibault, the
oldest inhabitant, was the leader of the opposition.
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