| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Tales of the Klondyke by Jack London: him that he owned claims and had men working at Eagle. Eagle lay
on the edge of the line; a few miles farther on, the British flag
waved over the barracks at Fort Cudahy. Then came Dawson, Pelly,
the Five Fingers, Windy Arm, Caribou Crossing, Linderman, the
Chilcoot and Dyea.
On the morning after passing Eagle, they rose early. This was
their last camp, and they were now to part. Fortune's heart was
light. There was a promise of spring in the land, and the days
were growing longer. The way was passing into Canadian territory.
Liberty was at hand, the sun was returning, and each day saw him
nearer to the Great Outside. The world was big, and he could once
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Death of the Lion by Henry James: approached the subject of our enterprise only to stand off so
helplessly. For myself, I knew but too well what had happened, and
how a miracle - as pretty as some old miracle of legend - had been
wrought on the spot to save me. There had been a big brush of
wings, the flash of an opaline robe, and then, with a great cool
stir of the air, the sense of an angel's having swooped down and
caught me to his bosom. He held me only till the danger was over,
and it all took place in a minute. With my manuscript back on my
hands I understood the phenomenon better, and the reflexions I made
on it are what I meant, at the beginning of this anecdote, by my
change of heart. Mr. Pinhorn's note was not only a rebuke
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Idylls of the King by Alfred Tennyson: They place their pride in Lancelot and the Queen.
So passionate for an utter purity
Beyond the limit of their bond, are these,
For Arthur bound them not to singleness.
Brave hearts and clean! and yet--God guide them--young.'
Then Mark was half in heart to hurl his cup
Straight at the speaker, but forbore: he rose
To leave the hall, and, Vivien following him,
Turned to her: 'Here are snakes within the grass;
And you methinks, O Vivien, save ye fear
The monkish manhood, and the mask of pure
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