| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Marvelous Land of Oz by L. Frank Baum: marched up the marble steps, which had once been
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thickly crusted with emeralds but were now filled with tiny holes where the
jewels had been ruthlessly torn from their settings by the Army of Revolt.
And so far not a rebel barred their way.
Through the arched hallways and into the magnificent throne room marched the
Tin Woodman and his followers, and here, when the green silken curtains fell
behind them, they saw a curious sight.
Seated within the glittering throne was General Jinjur, with the Scarecrow's
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Shadow Line by Joseph Conrad: I said: "You needn't worry. He won't get my
job. My successor is on board already."
He was surprised, and I believe his face fell
a little at the news. Captain Giles gave a soft
laugh. We got up and went out on the verandah,
leaving the supine stranger to be dealt with by
the Chinamen. The last thing I saw they had put
a plate with a slice of pine-apple on it before him
and stood back to watch what would happen.
But the experiment seemed a failure. He sat in-
sensible.
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from A Start in Life by Honore de Balzac: he was doomed to fall before a master who forgave no failure in any
affair he had once undertaken. When Mariette reached home that night,
she felt alarmed at what might happen to the youth in whom her brother
took interest and she wrote a hasty note to Godeschal, telling him
what had happened to Oscar and inclosing a bank bill for five hundred
francs to repair his loss. The kind-hearted creature went to sleep
after charging her maid to carry the little note to Desroches' office
before seven o'clock in the morning. Godeschal, on his side, getting
up at six and finding that Oscar had not returned, guessed what had
happened. He took the five hundred francs from his own little hoard
and rushed to the Palais, where he obtained a copy of the judgment and
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