| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Barnaby Rudge by Charles Dickens: bedroom door. 'He may come to that before he dies. It's like
enough. Well! After a time, and provided I lost nothing by it, I
don't see why that religion shouldn't suit me as well as any
other. There are rich men among the Jews; shaving is very
troublesome;--yes, it would suit me well enough. For the present,
though, we must be Christian to the core. Our prophetic motto will
suit all creeds in their turn, that's a comfort.' Reflecting on
this source of consolation, he reached the sitting-room, and rang
the bell for breakfast.
Lord George was quickly dressed (for his plain toilet was easily
made), and as he was no less frugal in his repasts than in his
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Happy Prince and Other Tales by Oscar Wilde: this is a feeling that I have always cultivated. But none of you
have any hearts. Here you are laughing and making merry just as if
the Prince and Princess had not just been married."
"Well, really," exclaimed a small Fire-balloon, "why not? It is a
most joyful occasion, and when I soar up into the air I intend to
tell the stars all about it. You will see them twinkle when I talk
to them about the pretty bride."
"Ah! what a trivial view of life!" said the Rocket; "but it is only
what I expected. There is nothing in you; you are hollow and
empty. Why, perhaps the Prince and Princess may go to live in a
country where there is a deep river, and perhaps they may have one
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Tono Bungay by H. G. Wells: "You are my humble, faithful lover," she demanded in a whisper,
her warm flushed face near touching mine, and her eyes very dark
and lustrous.
"I am your humble, faithful lover," I whispered back.
And she put her arm about my head and put out her lips and we
kissed, and boy though I was, I was all atremble. So we two
kissed for the first time.
"Beeee-e-e-a-trice!" fearfully close.
My lady had vanished, with one wild kick of her black-stocking
leg. A moment after, I heard her sustaining the reproaches of
her governess, and explaining her failure to answer with an
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