| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from A Book of Remarkable Criminals by H. B. Irving: middle of the room stood a large dissecting table stained with
blood. On digging up the cellar floor some human ribs, sections
of vertebrae and teeth were discovered buried in quicklime, and
in other parts of the "castle" the police found more charred
bones, some metal buttons, a trunk, and a piece of a watch chain.
The trunk and piece of watch chain were identified as having
belonged to Miss Minnie Williams.
Inquiry showed that Miss Williams had entered Holmes' employment
as a typist in 1893, and had lived with him at the castle. In
the latter part of the year she had invited her sister, Nannie,
to be present at her wedding with Holmes. Nannie had come to
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court by Mark Twain: of laughter. It wounded his dignity, and he locked
himself up in silence. then, although the crowd begged
him to go on, and tried to provoke him to it by cat-
calls, jeers, and shouts of
"Let him speak! The king! The king! his hum-
ble subjects hunger and thirst for words of wisdom out
of the mouth of their master his Serene and Sacred
Raggedness!"
But it went for nothing. He put on all his majesty
and sat under this rain of contempt and insult un-
moved. He certainly was great in his way. Absently,
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Master Key by L. Frank Baum: and gazing around he saw several rudely dressed men approaching. The
two shipwrecked sailors were still sound asleep.
Rob stood up and waited for the strangers to draw near. They seemed
to be fishermen, and were much surprised at finding three people
asleep upon the bluff.
"Whar 'n thunder 'd ye come from?" asked the foremost fisherman, in a
surprised voice.
"From the sea," replied the boy. "My friends here are shipwrecked
sailors from the 'Cynthia Jane.'"
"But how'd ye make out to climb the bluff?" inquired a second
fisherman; "no one ever did it afore, as we knows on."
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