| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Underground City by Jules Verne: their fellow-creatures. The tempest did not deter them.
As heroic as they had before been credulous, fastening ropes
round their waists, they rushed into the waves to the aid
of those on the wreck.
Happily, they succeeded in their endeavors, although some--and bold
Jack Ryan was among the number--were severely wounded on the rocks.
But the captain of the vessel and the eight sailors who composed
his crew were hauled up, safe and sound, on the beach.
The ship was the Norwegian brig MOTALA, laden with timber, and bound
for Glasgow. Of the MOTALA herself nothing remained but a few spars,
washed up by the waves, and dashed among the rocks on the beach.
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Blix by Frank Norris:
"I stepped back quick and shut the door, and sat down in one of
the saloon chairs to fetch my breath, for it had given me a start.
The next thing to do was to send her up. But I began to think.
She seemed so pretty as she was. What was the use of bringing her
up--up there on the wrecking float with that crowd of men--up
where the air would get at her, and where they would put her in
the ground along o' the worms? If I left her there she'd always be
sweet and pretty--always be nineteen; and I remembered what old
divers said about drowned people living just so long as they
stayed below. You see, I was only a lad then, and things like
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Wrecker by Stevenson & Osbourne: appeared?"
"And now you think better of it, and would like to be off with
your bargain? I have been figuring upon this," returned the
lawyer. "My client, I will not hide from you, was displeased
with me for putting her so high. I think we were both too
heated, Mr. Pinkerton: rivalry--the spirit of competition. But I
will be quite frank--I know when I am dealing with gentlemen
--and I am almost certain, if you leave the matter in my hands,
my client would relieve you of the bargain, so as you would
lose"--he consulted our faces with gimlet-eyed calculation--
"nothing," he added shrilly.
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