| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Puck of Pook's Hill by Rudyard Kipling: leave to pick it up ... Eh, well! The curses of a fool and
the dust of a journey are two things no wise man can
escape ... But I pitied Elias! The King was wroth with
him because he could not lend; the Barons were wroth
too because they heard that he would have lent to the
King; and Adah was wroth with him because she was an
odious woman. They took ship from Lewes to Spain.
That was wise!'
'And you? Did you see the signing of the Law at
Runnymede?' said Puck, as Kadmiel laughed noiselessly.
'Nay. Who am I to meddle with things too high for me?
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Tono Bungay by H. G. Wells: the mind.... What do YOU think of it all? We got to adapt
ourselves. We have--so far.... Not going to be beat by these
silly things."
IV
"What do you think of it, George?" he insisted.
What I said I thought of it I don't now recall. Only I have very
distinctly the impression of meeting for a moment my aunt's
impenetrable eye. And anyhow he started in with his accustomed
energy to rape the mysteries of the Costly Life, and become the
calmest of its lords. On the whole, I think he did
it--thoroughly. I have crowded memories, a little difficult to
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Bucky O'Connor by William MacLeod Raine: "But you weren't to read it for three hours," he pretended to
reprove, holding her at arm's length to laugh at her.
"Wasn't it three hours? It seemed ever so much longer."
"You little rogue, you didn't play fair." And to punish her he
drew her soft, supple body to him in a close embrace, and for the
first time kissed the sweet mouth that yielded itself to him.
"Tell me all about what happened to you," she bade him playfully,
after speech was again in order.
"Sure." He caught her hand to lead her to the bench and she
winced involuntarily.
"I burned it," she explained, adding, with a ripple of shy
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