| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Miracle Mongers and Their Methods by Harry Houdini: The subject of snake bites is one of no
small interest in this country.
Liquid ammonia is, par excellence, the
best antidote. It must be administered
immediately after the bite, both internally,
diluted with water, and externally,
in its concentrated form.
The ``Eau de luce'' and other nostrums
sold for this purpose have ammonia for
their main ingredient. But it generally
happens in the case of a snake bite that the
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Resurrection by Leo Tolstoy: and immediately I became disgusting to myself, and pitied her and
felt happy again. If only we could manage to see the beam in our
own eye in time, how kind we should be." Then he wrote: "I have
been to see Nathalie, and again self-satisfaction made me unkind
and spiteful, and a heavy feeling remains. Well, what is to be
done? Tomorrow a new life will begin. A final good-bye to the
old! Many new impressions have accumulated, but I cannot yet
bring them to unity."
When he awoke the next morning Nekhludoff's first feeling was
regret about the affair between him and his brother-in-law.
"I cannot go away like this," he thought. "I must go and make it
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Stories From the Old Attic by Robert Harris: impending doom whenever they swam more than a few feet from home.
That is why, one day when three little fish met each other suddenly
among the reeds, they were all momentarily startled. But soon they
began talking and relaxed a little. "This is a wonderful pond,"
said one. "It's so big. But I've never been this far away from
home before."
"Me either," said another. "I just hope we're safe here
in these reeds."
"I do too," agreed the third. "You never know where an enemy
may come from."
"And you can't be too careful," added the first.
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