| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Salammbo by Gustave Flaubert: buzzed through his head, which was still dizzy from the pitching of
the vessel; he was overwhelmed with anguish, and, becoming suddenly
weak, he felt the necessity of drawing near to the gods.
Then he went up to the highest story of his house, and taking a nail-
studded staple from a golden shell, which hung on his arm, he opened a
small oval chamber.
It was softly lighted by means of delicate black discs let into the
wall and as transparent as glass. Between the rows of these equal
discs, holes, like those for the urns in columbaria, were hollowed
out. Each of them contained a round dark stone, which appeared to be
very heavy. Only people of superior understanding honoured these
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Catriona by Robert Louis Stevenson: was very little trouble-some, for the reason that the day was a flat
calm, very frosty and cloudy, and with a low shifting fog upon the
water. The body of the vessel was thus quite hid as I drew near, but
the tall spars of her stood high and bright in a sunshine like the
flickering of a fire. She proved to be a very roomy, commodious
merchant, but somewhat blunt in the bows, and loaden extraordinary deep
with salt, salted salmon, and fine white linen stockings for the Dutch.
Upon my coming on board, the captain welcomed me - one Sang (out of
Lesmahago, I believe), a very hearty, friendly tarpaulin of a man, but
at the moment in rather of a bustle. There had no other of the
passengers yet appeared, so that I was left to walk about upon the
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Poor and Proud by Oliver Optic: servant.
"Oh, I went up to see her," replied Katy.
"No matter, if you don't like to tell me," faintly replied Mrs.
Redburn.
"I will tell you, mother," answered Katy, stung by the gentle
rebuke contained in her mother's words.
"I suppose our money is all gone," sighed the sick woman.
"No, mother; see here! I have three dollars," and Katy pulled out
her porte-monnaie, anxious to save her even a moment of
uneasiness.
But in taking out the money she exhibited the watch also, which
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