| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Red Seal by Natalie Sumner Lincoln: "Not yet, but I will," Ferguson hesitated. "The first thing was to
establish that a crime had really been committed."
Kent bent down and sniffed again at the handkerchief to which a
faint fruity aroma still clung.
"How did you discover that?" he asked.
"Dr. McLane and I took the handkerchief to a laboratory and the
chemist found from the number of particles of capsules in the
handkerchief, that at least two capsules - or double the usual
dose - had been crushed by Turnbull and the fumes inhaled by him;
with fatal results."
"Hold on," cautioned Kent. "In the flurry of the moment, Turnbull
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle: "'Ah!' said he, 'you must not think me rude if I passed you
without a word, my dear young lady. I was preoccupied with
business matters.'
"I assured him that I was not offended. 'By the way,' said I,
'you seem to have quite a suite of spare rooms up there, and one
of them has the shutters up.'
"He looked surprised and, as it seemed to me, a little startled
at my remark.
"'Photography is one of my hobbies,' said he. 'I have made my
dark room up there. But, dear me! what an observant young lady we
have come upon. Who would have believed it? Who would have ever
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Odyssey by Homer: and whatsoever place is dear to thee, even though it be
much farther than Euboea, which certain of our men say is
the farthest of lands, they who saw it, when they carried
Rhadamanthus, of the fair hair, to visit Tityos, son of
Gaia. Even thither they went, and accomplished the journey
on the self-same day and won home again, and were not
weary. And now shalt thou know for thyself how far my ships
are the best, and how my young men excel at tossing the
salt water with the oar-blade.'
So spake he, and the steadfast goodly Odysseus rejoiced;
and then he uttered a word in prayer, and called aloud to
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