| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Adventure by Jack London: in a distant and out-of-the-way corner, and went on with the
pursuit of Tudor.
Tiring of the endless circling, Sheldon tried once more to advance
directly on his foe, but the latter was too crafty, taking
advantage of his boldness to fire a couple of shots at him, and
slipping away on some changed and continually changing course. For
an hour they dodged and turned and twisted back and forth and
around, and hunted each other among the orderly palms. They caught
fleeting glimpses of each other and chanced flying shots which were
without result. On a grassy shelter behind a tree, Sheldon came
upon where Tudor had rested and smoked a cigarette. The pressed
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Ten Years Later by Alexandre Dumas: After that, come councilors of parliament, who bring me
fifteen francs, and I have six of them."
"I did not know," said Aramis, "that councilors were so
productive."
"Yes, but from fifteen francs I sink at once to ten francs;
namely, for an ordinary judge, and for an ecclesiastic."
"And you have seven, you say; an excellent affair."
"Nay, a bad one, and for this reason. How can I possibly
treat these poor fellows, who are of some good, at all
events, otherwise than as a councilor of parliament?"
"Yes, you are right; I do not see five francs difference
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from An Ideal Husband by Oscar Wilde: MABEL CHILTERN. Will you ride to-morrow morning?
LORD GORING. Yes, at ten.
MABEL CHILTERN. Don't forget
LORD GORING. Of course I shan't. By the way, Lady Chiltern, there
is no list of your guests in THE MORNING POST of to-day. It has
apparently been crowded out by the County Council, or the Lambeth
Conference, or something equally boring. Could you let me have a
list? I have a particular reason for asking you.
LADY CHILTERN. I am sure Mr. Trafford will be able to give you one.
LORD GORING. Thanks, so much.
MABEL CHILTERN. Tommy is the most useful person in London.
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