| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen: I am sure you could never be civil to him."
Marianne hardly knew what to say. She would
not wound the feelings of her sister on any account,
and yet to say what she did not believe was impossible.
At length she replied:
"Do not be offended, Elinor, if my praise of him
is not in every thing equal to your sense of his merits.
I have not had so many opportunities of estimating the minuter
propensities of his mind, his inclinations and tastes,
as you have; but I have the highest opinion in the world
of his goodness and sense. I think him every thing that is
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from A Voyage to Arcturus by David Lindsay: was covered with a kind of glittering vegetation which he could not
comprehend.
Joiwind put her hand on Maskull's shoulder, and pointed upward.
"Here you have the highest peak in the whole land - that is, until
you come to the Ifdawn Marest."
On hearing that strange name, he experienced a momentary
unaccountable sensation of wild vigour and restlessness - but it
passed away.
Without losing time, Panawe led the way up the mountainside. The
lower half was of bare rock, not difficult to climb. Halfway up,
however, it grew steeper, and they began to meet bushes and small
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Herland by Charlotte Gilman: idea you tell me is thousands of years old?"
"Oh yes--four, five, six thousand--every so many."
"And you have made wonderful progress in those years--in other things?"
"We certainly have. But religion is different. You see, our
religions come from behind us, and are initiated by some great
teacher who is dead. He is supposed to have known the whole thing
and taught it, finally. All we have to do is believe--and obey."
"Who was the great Hebrew teacher?"
"Oh--there it was different. The Hebrew religion is an
accumulation of extremely ancient traditions, some far older than
their people, and grew by accretion down the ages. We consider
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