| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The White Moll by Frank L. Packard: was not like last night when of her own initiative she had sought
to track Danglar, for then she had started out with a certain freedom
of action that held in reserve a freedom to retreat if it became
necessary. To-night it was as though she were deprived of that
freedom, and being led into what only too easily might develop into
a trap from which she could not retreat or escape.
Suppose she refused to go?
They had reached the street now, and now she obtained a better view
of the misshapen thing that lurched jerkily along beside her. The
man was deformed, miserably deformed. He walked most curiously,
half bent over; and one arm, the left, seemed to swing helplessly,
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Market-Place by Harold Frederic: galloping over the snow--it seems to me it must be the
best thing in Europe--if you can call Russia Europe.
That's the way it presents itself to me--but then I was
brought up in a half-Arctic climate, and I love that sort
of thing--in its proper season. It is different with you.
In England you don't know what a real winter is.
And so I have to make quite sure that you think you would
like the Russian experiment."
The other laughed gently. "But if I don't know what a
real winter is, how can I tell whether I will like it
or not? All I do know is that I am perfectly willing to go
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Cruise of the Jasper B. by Don Marquis: But, looking intently at the three men, Cleggett began to
perceive a difference between the real Wilton Barnstable and his
two counterfeits. It was the difference between the face which is
informed of genius, and the countenance which is indicative of
mere talent.
"Mr. Cleggett," began Wilton Barnstable, "as I said before, I
will make no attempt to mystify you. I was a witness to the
attack upon your vessel. Mr. Ward, Mr. Bard, and myself, in fact,
had determined to assist you, had we seen that the combat was
going against you. We lay, during the struggle, in the lee of
your--your--er, schooner!--in the lee of your schooner, armed,
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