| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Gift of the Magi by O. Henry: End of this Project Gutenberg Etext of THE GIFT OF THE MAGI.
The Gift of the Magi |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Blue Flower by Henry van Dyke: where the wolves hunted in packs as if the devil drove them,
and tangled thickets where the lynx and the boar made their
lairs. Fierce bears lurked among the rocky passes, and had
not yet learned to fear the face of man. The gloomy recesses
of the forest gave shelter to inhabitants who were still more
cruel and dangerous than beasts of prey,--outlaws and sturdy
robbers and mad were-wolves and bands of wandering pillagers.
The pilgrim who would pass from the mouth of the Tiber to
the mouth of the Rhine must trust in God and keep his arrows
loose in the quiver.
The travellers were surrounded by an ocean of trees, so
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The White Moll by Frank L. Packard: I assure you that she is in no way responsible for my visit here,
and, as far as that goes, never saw me before in her life. Also,
it is only fair to tell you, in case you should consider leaving
here too hurriedly, that I am really not at all a bad shot - even
in the dark. I bid you good-night, Danglar - and you my dear lady!"
Danglar's voice rose again in a flood of profane rage. He stumbled
and moved around in the dark.
"Damn it!" he shouted. "Where are the matches? Where's the lamp?
This cursed candle's put enough to the bad already! Do you hear?
Where's the lamp?"
"It's over dere on de floor, bust to pieces," mumbled Rhoda Gray.
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