The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Tarzan the Untamed by Edgar Rice Burroughs: for you that the dumb brutes cannot combine. Could they,
Africa would remain forever free of men. But come, can I
help you? Would you like to know where several machine-
gun emplacements are hidden?"
The colonel assured him that they would, and a moment
later Tarzan had traced upon the map the location of three
that had been bothering the English. "There is a weak spot
here," he said, placing a finger upon the map. "It is held by
blacks; but the machine guns out in front are manned by
whites. If -- wait! I have a plan. You can fill that trench
with your own men and enfilade the trenches to its right with
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Howard Pyle's Book of Pirates by Howard Pyle: Major Stede Bonnet along with the rest. But in truth he was only
a poor half- and-half fellow of his kind, and even after his hand
was fairly turned to the business he had undertaken, a qualm of
conscience would now and then come across him, and he would make
vast promises to forswear his evil courses.
However, he jogged along in his course of piracy snugly enough
until he fell foul of the gallant Colonel Rhett, off Charleston
Harbor, whereupon his luck and his courage both were suddenly
snuffed out with a puff of powder smoke and a good rattling
broadside. Down came the "Black Roger" with its skull and
crossbones from the fore, and Colonel Rhett had the glory of
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from A Man of Business by Honore de Balzac: Melmoth Reconciled
The Firm of Nucingen
The Middle Classes
Desroches (son)
A Bachelor's Establishment
Colonel Chabert
A Start in Life
A Woman of Thirty
The Commission in Lunacy
The Government Clerks
A Distinguished Provincial at Paris
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