| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Warlord of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs: and late in the afternoon at the hour Talu told us we would
find government officials in their offices, we stopped before
a magnificent building on the plaza opposite the royal
grounds and the palace.
Here we walked boldly in past the armed guard at the door, to
be met by a red slave within who asked our wishes.
"Tell Sorav, your master, that two warriors from Illall wish
to take service in the palace guard," I said.
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Letters of Robert Louis Stevenson by Robert Louis Stevenson: not altogether unconscious of the great debt of gratitude I owe
you. This little book, which is all about my childhood, should
indeed go to no other person but you, who did so much to make that
childhood happy.
Do you know, we came very near sending for you this winter. If we
had not had news that you were ill too, I almost believe we should
have done so, we were so much in trouble.
I am now very well; but my wife has had a very, very bad spell,
through overwork and anxiety, when I was LOST! I suppose you heard
of that. She sends you her love, and hopes you will write to her,
though she no more than I deserves it. She would add a word
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Critias by Plato: itself and from the foreign cities over which they held sway. There was an
altar too, which in size and workmanship corresponded to this magnificence,
and the palaces, in like manner, answered to the greatness of the kingdom
and the glory of the temple.
In the next place, they had fountains, one of cold and another of hot
water, in gracious plenty flowing; and they were wonderfully adapted for
use by reason of the pleasantness and excellence of their waters. They
constructed buildings about them and planted suitable trees, also they made
cisterns, some open to the heaven, others roofed over, to be used in winter
as warm baths; there were the kings' baths, and the baths of private
persons, which were kept apart; and there were separate baths for women,
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