| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Finished by H. Rider Haggard: WAR
Now men began to whisper together and Goza groaned at my side.
"Rather would I look down a live lion's throat than see the
dead," he murmured. But I, who was anxious to learn how far
Zikali would carry his tricks, contemptuously told him to be
silent.
Presently the king called me to him and said--
"Macumazahn, you white men are reported to know all things. Tell
me now, is it possible for the dead to appear?"
"I am not sure," I answered doubtfully; "some say that it is and
some say that it is not possible."
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Lamentable Tragedy of Locrine and Mucedorus by William Shakespeare: OLIVER.
Well, zon, well--for you are my zon now--all shall be
remedied. Daughter, be friends with him.
[Shake hands. Exeunt Oliver, William, and Margery.]
STRUMBO.
You are a sweet nut! The devil crack you. Masters, I
think it be my luck; my first wife was a loving quiet
wench, but this, I think, would weary the devil. I would
she might be burnt as my other wife was. If not, I must
run to the halter for help. O codpiece, thou hast done thy
master! this it is to be meddling with warm plackets.
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Voice of the City by O. Henry: watchin' them from behind a reef. And there ain't
a woman on land or water or in the air. Good-
evenin'." And he trundled his pushcart down the
alley and back to the musty court where he lived.
Incredibly to him who has not learned woman,
Mademoiselle sat at the window each day and spread
her nets for the ignominious game. Once she kept a
grand cavalier waiting in her reception chamber for
half an hour while she battered in vain the candy
man's tough philosophy. His rough laugh chafed her
vanity to its core. Daily he sat on his cart in the
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