| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Westward Ho! by Charles Kingsley: fatted and ate their prisoners like the Caribs; and till he saw
them go out and bury the bodies of the Spaniards, nothing would
persuade him that the corpses were not to be cooked for supper.
However, kind words, kind looks, and the present of that
inestimable treasure--a knife, brought him to reason; and he told
Amyas that he belonged to a Spaniard who had an "encomienda" of
Indians some fifteen miles to the south-west; that he had fled from
his master, and lived by hunting for some months past; and having
seen the ship where she lay moored, and boarded her in hope of
plunder, had been surprised therein by the Spaniards, and forced by
threats to go with them as a guide in their search for the English.
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from A Tramp Abroad by Mark Twain: and immediately groups of people began to gather in the street.
Two or three open carriages arrived, and deposited some
maids of honor and some male officials at the hotel.
Presently another open carriage brought the Grand Duke
of Baden, a stately man in uniform, who wore the handsome
brass-mounted, steel-spiked helmet of the army on his head.
Last came the Empress of Germany and the Grand Duchess
of Baden in a closed carriage; these passed through the
low-bowing groups of servants and disappeared in the hotel,
exhibiting to us only the backs of their heads, and then
the show was over.
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Secret Adversary by Agatha Christie: what we can."
Through Tommy's mind flashed the assurance: "It's hopeless, and
he knows it's hopeless!"
The other looked up at him.
"Don't take it to heart, lad," he said kindly. "You did your
best. You were up against one of the biggest brains of the
century. And you came very near success. Remember that."
"Thank you, sir. It's awfully decent of you."
"I blame myself. I have been blaming myself ever since I heard
this other news."
Something in his tone attracted Tommy's attention. A new fear
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