| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Snow Image by Nathaniel Hawthorne: All eyes were now turned on the country lad, standing at the
door, in his worn three-cornered hat, gray coat, leather
breeches, and blue yarn stockings, leaning on an oaken cudgel,
and bearing a wallet on his back.
Robin replied to the courteous innkeeper, with such an assumption
of confidence as befitted the Major's relative. "My honest
friend," he said, "I shall make it a point to patronize your
house on some occasion, when"--here he could not help lowering
his voice--"when I may have more than a parchment three-pence in
my pocket. My present business," continued he, speaking with
lofty confidence, "is merely to inquire my way to the dwelling of
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Princess by Alfred Tennyson: Away we stole, and transient in a trice
From what was left of faded woman-slough
To sheathing splendours and the golden scale
Of harness, issued in the sun, that now
Leapt from the dewy shoulders of the Earth,
And hit the Northern hills. Here Cyril met us.
A little shy at first, but by and by
We twain, with mutual pardon asked and given
For stroke and song, resoldered peace, whereon
Followed his tale. Amazed he fled away
Through the dark land, and later in the night
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Heroes by Charles Kingsley: yourselves when you grow up, for it has been sung in noble
poetry and music; and whether it be true or not, it stands
for ever as a warning to us not to seek for help from evil
persons, or to gain good ends by evil means. For if we use
an adder even against our enemies, it will turn again and
sting us.
But of all the other heroes there is many a brave tale left,
which I have no space to tell you, so you must read them for
yourselves; - of the hunting of the boar in Calydon, which
Meleager killed; and of Heracles' twelve famous labours; and
of the seven who fought at Thebes; and of the noble love of
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