| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from King Henry VI by William Shakespeare: And heave it shall some weight or break my back.--
Work thou the way,--and that shall execute.
KING EDWARD.
Clarence and Gloster, love my lovely queen;
And kiss your princely nephew, brothers both.
CLARENCE.
The duty that I owe unto your Majesty
I seal upon the lips of this sweet babe.
QUEEN ELIZABETH.
Thanks, noble Clarence; worthy brother, thanks.
Gloster.
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The King of the Golden River by John Ruskin: with whom they had any dealings the nickname of the "Black
Brothers."
The youngest brother, Gluck, was as completely opposed, in
both appearance and character, to his seniors as could possibly
be imagined or desired. He was not above twelve years old, fair,
blue-eyed, and kind in temper to every living thing. He did not,
of course, agree particularly well with his brothers, or, rather,
they did not agree with HIM. He was usually appointed to the
honorable office of turnspit, when there was anything to roast,
which was not often, for, to do the brothers justice, they were
hardly less sparing upon themselves than upon other people. At
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Michael Strogoff by Jules Verne: of them would ever forget.
At Omsk, old Marfa awaited them in the little house of
the Strogoffs. She clasped passionately in her arms the
girl whom in her heart she had already a hundred times
called "daughter." The brave old Siberian, on that day,
had the right to recognize her son and say she was proud
of him.
After a few days passed at Omsk, Michael and Nadia
entered Europe, and, Wassili Fedor settling down in St.
Petersburg, neither his son nor his daughter had any occa-
sion to leave him, except to go and see their old mother.
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