| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The School For Scandal by Richard Brinsley Sheridan: LADY TEAZLE. For not one word of it Sir Peter--
SIR PETER. How[!] don't you think it worthwhile to agree in the lie.
LADY TEAZLE. There is not one Syllable of Truth in what that
Gentleman has told you.
SIR PETER. I believe you upon my soul Ma'am--
SURFACE. 'Sdeath, madam, will you betray me! [Aside.]
LADY TEAZLE. Good Mr. Hypocrite by your leave I will speak for
myself--
SIR PETER. Aye let her alone Sir--you'll find she'll make out
a better story than you without Prompting.
LADY TEAZLE. Hear me Sir Peter--I came hither on no matter relating
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Pool in the Desert by Sara Jeanette Duncan: the satisfactions I had already drawn from the afternoon; and I
almost bounded down the hill to the Mall. I left the pi dog barking
in the veranda, and I met Mr. Rosario coming up, but in my unusual
elation I hardly paused to consider either of them further.
The mare and her groom were waiting on the Mall, and it was only
when I got on her back that the consciousness visited me of
something forgotten. It was my mission--to propose to take Armour,
if he were 'possible,' to call upon the Harrises. Oh, well, he was
possible enough; I supposed he possessed a coat, though he hadn't
been wearing it; and I could arrange it by letter. Meanwhile, as
was only fair, I turned the mare in the direction of the drawing-
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Lost Princess of Oz by L. Frank Baum: palace to meet the returning party, and the good Sorceress was indeed
glad to have her Great Book of Records returned to her, as well as all
the precious collection of magic instruments and elixirs and chemicals
that had been stolen from her castle. Cap'n Bill and the Wizard at
once hung the Magic Picture upon the wall of Ozma's boudoir, and the
Wizard was so light-hearted that he did several tricks with the tools
in his black bag to amuse his companions and prove that once again he
was a powerful wizard.
For a whole week there was feasting and merriment and all sorts of
joyous festivities at the palace in honor of Ozma's safe return. The
Lavender Bear and the little Pink Bear received much attention and
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