| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Great God Pan by Arthur Machen: instructions, they were both horrified by a piercing shriek and
the sound of a fall, and rushing out they found the child lying
senseless on the floor, his face contorted with terror. The
doctor was immediately summoned, and after some examination he
pronounced the child to be suffering form a kind of fit,
apparently produced by a sudden shock. The boy was taken to
one of the bedrooms, and after some time recovered
consciousness, but only to pass into a condition described by
the medical man as one of violent hysteria. The doctor
exhibited a strong sedative, and in the course of two hours
pronounced him fit to walk home, but in passing through the
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Early Short Fiction of Edith Wharton by Edith Wharton: And it was in that character that Mr. Hewson briefly introduced
himself. He had been sent by the District Attorney to have "a
quiet talk" with Mr. Granice--to ask him to repeat the statement
he had made about the Lenman murder.
His manner was so quiet, so reasonable and receptive, that
Granice's self-confidence returned. Here was a sensible man--a
man who knew his business--it would be easy enough to make HIM
see through that ridiculous alibi! Granice offered Mr. Hewson a
cigar, and lighting one himself--to prove his coolness--began
again to tell his story.
He was conscious, as he proceeded, of telling it better than ever
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Men of Iron by Howard Pyle: and keenly that the heart thrills almost in agony in living it
over again. But perhaps of all the memory of that time, when it
afterwards came back piece by piece, none was so clear to Myles's
back-turned vision as the long night spent in the chapel,
watching his armor, thinking such wonderful thoughts, and
dreaming such wonderful wide-eyed dreams. At such times Myles saw
again the dark mystery of the castle chapel; he saw again the
half-moon gleaming white and silvery through the tall, narrow
window, and throwing a broad form of still whiteness across stone
floor, empty seats, and still, motionless figures of stone
effigies. At such times he stood again in front of the twinkling
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